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"Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" is the first single from Terri Clark's Just the Same, but the arrangement is so close to the 1978 hit version that the song makes her seem like just another Linda Ronstadt imitator--and Clark is more special than that. A far better example of her strengths is "Emotional Girl." From the title, you might expect a weepy ballad, but from the first rocking guitar riff, it's a swaggering challenge to any male who would cope with her uninhibited feelings. Clark is not about poetry, irony, and social commentary; she's about the sort of wisecracking, in-your-face country-rockers that have traditionally been a male domain. When she tells an overeager lover to "Hold Your Horses," the grit in her voice implies that she's not opening negotiations but drawing a line in the sand. --Geoffrey Himes

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: "I Never Could Do Anything With Half My Heart" Great CD! Entertaining and very enjoyable Pale Imitation Pale Imitation

Just the Same Terri Clark Manufacturer: Mercury Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Terri Clark How I Feel Fearless Pain to Kill Life Goes On ASIN: B000001ENZ Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

1. Emotional Girl
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
3. Just The Same
4. Something In The Water
5. Neon Flame
6. Any Woman
7. Twang Thang
8. You Do Or You Don't
9. Keeper Of The Flame
10. Not What I Wanted To Hear
11. Hold Your Horses

Amazon.com

"Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" is the first single from Terri Clark's Just the Same, but the arrangement is so close to the 1978 hit version that the song makes her seem like just another Linda Ronstadt imitator--and Clark is more special than that. A far better example of her strengths is "Emotional Girl." From the title, you might expect a weepy ballad, but from the first rocking guitar riff, it's a swaggering challenge to any male who would cope with her uninhibited feelings. Clark is not about poetry, irony, and social commentary; she's about the sort of wisecracking, in-your-face country-rockers that have traditionally been a male domain. When she tells an overeager lover to "Hold Your Horses," the grit in her voice implies that she's not opening negotiations but drawing a line in the sand. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

"I Never Could Do Anything With Half My Heart".......2007-04-16

Terri Clark's 2nd album "Just The Same" is just the same as her 1st album... Absolutly F**ing Brilliant!!!

Great CD!.......2003-10-20

I have all of Terri Clark's CDs. She is a remarkable entertainer. Staying true to herself and not following others in her industry to pop, she continues to show her fans and others just why she is so loved by her fans. Terri is the epitome of womanhood in it's finest form. This is just another of her fine works.

Entertaining and very enjoyable.......2002-09-15

Terri has achieved a measure of success in country music without ever becoming a major star, yet her albums are always of a high quality. This is my favorite. It has a great mix of uptempo and slower songs.

Poor poor pitiful me may follow the Linda Ronstadt arrangement in general terms, but Terri's version is country, wheras Linda's version was pop/rock. All the other songs are original, co-written by Terri with various others.

Neon flame is an amusing song in which Terri explains to her man that the man she sometimes sees at the bar isn't a threat. It's a piece of fun which (like the man at the bar) is not to be taken too seriously. ...

Terri is more downbeat on Keeper of the flame, in which she senses her man is not that interested in her, but overall, this is a very upbeat album. I find it highly entertaining - and that, after all, is what music is supposed to be about.

Pale Imitation.......2002-07-28

After garnering solid goodwill with her debut, it would only be logical that Terri Clark would follow that set with an album following that blueprint fairly closely, which is what she does. It's too bad that the abundance of just-average material littered throughout fails to distinguish itself as anything other than a hollow shell of its' former self(the former self being the first album). She does start off strong, with both 'Emotional Girl' and her highly underrated cover of 'Poor,Poor Pitiful Me' reminding us of her way with uptempo fare, and the title track is a nice companion piece to the previous set's 'If I Were You'. Unfortunately, we also have dreck like 'Neon Flame' and 'Twang Thang', which are not only less-than-thrilling compositions, but show the Canadian Clark affecting her twangy singing to the point of irritation. Overall, this remains the least essential of Clark's recordings.

Pale Imitation.......2002-07-28

After garnering solid goodwill with her debut, it would only be logical that Terri Clark would follow that set with an album following that blueprint fairly closely, which is what she does. It's too bad that the abundance of just-average material littered throughout fails to distinguish itself as anything other than a hollow shell of its' former self(the former self being the first album). She does start off strong, with both 'Emotional Girl' and her highly underrated cover of 'Poor,Poor Pitiful Me' reminding us of her way with uptempo fare, and the title track is a nice companion piece to the previous set's 'If I Were You'. Unfortunately, we also have dreck like 'Neon Flame' and 'Twang Thang', which are not only less-than-thrilling compositions, but show the Canadian Clark affecting her twangy singing to the point of irritation. Overall, this remains the least essential of Clark's recordings.

Average customer rating: It's all just the same is anything but The People that blast this CD are so Wrong!! Funky little cool I like it CD Why have'nt they made it big yet? A must Have for any Tina lover!

It's All Just the Same Tina & the B-Sides Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Salvation Monster Tina & the B-Side Movement Young Americans ASIN: B000007SCA Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

1. In My Own Time
2. It's All Just The Same
3. No Holdin' Back
4. Fall From Grace
5. Deliver Me
6. I Am Forsaken (Kentucky Song)
7. Grey
8. She's Undone
9. Please Wake Me
10. Take Me Down (Tonite Pt. II)
11. No Way Of Knowing
12. Nobody To Me

Customer Reviews:

It's all just the same is anything but.......2002-12-09

This is the best album I have ever bought. It incorporates several musical styles and really is full of emotion and good old fashioned rock-n-roll music. You have to listen to it to understand. Tina has an amazing voice and it's a shame she's not plastered all over the radio and MTV because everyone should be so blessed to hear her voice. THis album just draws you in and never disappoints.

The People that blast this CD are so Wrong!!.......2002-09-08

This CD has just grown on me since I bought it. Last I knew, this band was defunct, Tina was singing with the remakes of Dubbl Trubbl, and doing a pretty decent version of Susan Tedeschi's In the Garden. This Chick can belt em out with soul. Listen to the title song, In My Own Time, Grey, She's Undone, and perhaps the best song on the CD - No Holdin' Back. I first was introduced to this band as the backup band for a Jonny Lang concert, I had to go out and buy at least one CD. Glad I did, this band was as outstanding on cd as they were live, which I think is a rare feat. This is one of those CD's where you won't find yourself just wearing out one song. I actually like every song on the cd. I don't know why they didnt get as big or bigger than, say, Alanis Morissette. I was a big Tina fan, though and I think a lot more people would be if they heard her music. She changes tempo well, and the gravelly/raspy quality of her voice is not overdone, very natural, and really works for me. She can get very bluesy, or do very up-tempo, driving rock. Either way, her very capable band stays with her well, and this CD is well produced, preserving her gutsy, rootsy brand of rock/blues. If you don't agree with this review, then you are "Nobody To Me."

Funky little cool I like it CD.......2001-02-08

A friend of mine from Minnesota said; "You gotta hear this CD". (Proper accent required, not that Minnesotains have accents) She was right, You Gotta Hear This CD. This is my first introduction to Tina and the B-Sides, and I can only say, I'll be looking for the rest of the CD's. The tune "In My Own Time" reminded me, of all people, of Bob Dylan, but from there is was all unique, and great listening. I am looking forward to more. Okay, well, that's about it, ya know?

Why have'nt they made it big yet?.......1999-05-09

Tina is one of those bands that have been around for so long is still waiting for the recognition they deserve. Their last album, however, was maybe a td bit better than this one. 'Salvation' was a great album all around. This one is great too, but it does not seem to be as consistent. Still, check out the both of them and whatever you do, see them live. Nothing is better than that.

A must Have for any Tina lover!.......1999-03-11

Tina and the B-Sides have done it again with this CD. Its full of the funky "tina style" songs that I have come to love! Although my favorite Tina CD is still Monster, this is also one to add to any CD collection.

Average customer rating:

Time Is Just the Same Isobel Campbell Manufacturer: Snowstorm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Amorino Swansong for You The Green Fields of Foreverland... Swansong for You Ys ASIN: B0001Q5ZIA Release Date: 2004-04-19

Tracks:

1. Time Is Just The Same
2. Why Does My Head Hurt So
3. Bordello Queen
4. Bang Bang
5. The Breeze Whispered Your Name (Part II)
6. Argomenti
7. Time Is Just The Same (Video)

Album Description

2004 EP from the former Belle & Sebastian member features the title track, 'Time Is Just The Same', her duet with Eugene Kelly (Vaselines), along with six previously unreleased tracks, 'Why Does My Head Hurt So?', 'Bordello Queen', 'Bang Bang', 'The Breeze Whispered Your Name', 'Argomenti', & 'Time Is Just The Same' (video). Cardboard gatefold sleeve. Snowstorm.

Album Details

Isobel Campbell (Belle and Sebastian) Follows Us her 'amorino' Album with a Six Track Mini Album featuring Five Unreleased Tracks and 'time is Just the Same' her Duet with Ex-vasalines (And Kurt Cobain Favourite) Eugene Kelly. The Album Finally Sees the Release of her Much Talked About Collaboration with Ex-screaming Trees Mainman and Current Member of Queens of the Stone Age Mark Lanegan. Also Included Are Cover Versions of Sonny Bono's 'bang Bang' Made Famous by Nancy Sinatra and on the 'kill Bill' Soundtrack and Ennio Morricone's 'argomenti'. The CD also features her First Solo Video for 'time is Just the Same' Made by Belle and Sebastian Collaborator Karn David.

Average customer rating: THIS GUY IS GREAT ! Now THIS is good ol' rhythm 'n blues, at long last!

It Just Don't Feel the Same Jesse James Manufacturer: Gunsmoke ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Operator Please Put Me Through I Can Do Bad by Myself ASIN: B000000K38 Release Date: 1997-06-10

Tracks:

1. It Just Don't Feel The Same
2. You Want Everything But Me
3. Why Do You Have To Lie
4. Rich And Famous
5. I'm Not Gonna Go Down
6. First Day Of My Life
7. I Can't Help But Smile
8. Can You Picture Me
9. Are You Gonna Leave Me
10. I Get A Rise
11. At Last
12. What Happened To The Dream?
13. What Happened To The Dream? II

Customer Reviews:

THIS GUY IS GREAT !.......2006-06-18

Jesse James can sing!No doubt about it..His version of the classic tune"At Last" is among the best ever recorded..In fact the entire album is dynamite..The fact that such a powerhouse vocalist like this records on obscure small-time labels,gets next to no air-time or exposure,and is unknown to all but a handful of fans is criminal...BUY THIS ALBUM...BUY IT FULL-PRICE,so that James can make the leap from obscurity to the stardom he so richly deserves...and while you are at it enjoy this powerful singer at his best...

Now THIS is good ol' rhythm 'n blues, at long last!.......2002-10-20

Who IS this guy? I don't know. Just stumbled upon him. Wow, what a VOICE! Tired of those male African-American soprano-sounding crooners whose singing emotions go only from A to B? Want to listen to a real man for once? Try this album! I was blown away. After years of hip-hop (ugh) and warbling effeminate guys, I finally found some real good ol' rhythm 'n blues, sung unmistakably by a real man! This album'll rock you or you don't have anything left to rock WITH! Yum!

Average customer rating: Lozenges for everyone! A really good album As Nice As They Are Talented Mothers of Invention what an amazing band

Love You Just the Same Centro-Matic Manufacturer: Misra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fort Recovery Welcome, Convalescence Distance and Clime Redo the Stacks Murder Of Tides ASIN: B0000BXBYB Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

1. Mighty Midshipman
2. Flashes and Cables
3. Argonne Limit Co.
4. Biology Tricks
5. Strahan Has Corralled the Freaks
6. All the Lightning Rods
7. Reset Anytime
8. Picking Up Too Fast
9. Spiraling Sideways
10. Supercar
11. Silver Plate Complaints
12. Breathe Deep Not Loud
13. Without You

Customer Reviews:

Lozenges for everyone!.......2007-02-02

The singer of this band has one of those voices, ragged and damaged (can you say 'polyps'?), that makes MY throat hurt.

Listening and relistening to this album conjures up the image of a sprawling dinner party thrown jointly by the Replacements and Uncle Tupelo. Soul Asylum is there, Red Red Meat is there. Centro-Matic is there. Many, many other bands are there. This is a popular indie-rock party.

Centro-Matic, though, gets to sit near the head of the table, closer to Westerberg and Tweedy than many of their contemporaries. Not too close, though, because there's something a little off-putting about Centro-Matic... like its flannel thrift-store shirt is clean and pressed while the Replacements t-shirt is torn with beer stains on it.

Make no mistake, though, these guys do rock pretty hard and do have some good riffs, some of these songs could even be considered "anthemic". But their music doesn't come off as loose and fun as it seems like it should. When you get to track 6, "All the Lightning Rods", suddenly you have a singer-songwriter ballad and an awkward quiet falls over the party. Someone calls R.E.M.'s "Wendell Gee" to come down to show them how it's done.... similar melody, better arrangement...

Okay, well, you get the idea. If you like what folks call "alt-country", this album is a worthy participant in that genre, although it's not very heavy on the "country". Were the Replacements alt-country? Not really. By the way, "Spiraling Sideways" on this record conjures up PLEASED TO MEET ME in many different ways. It's a good song, it doesn't try for Springsteen back-row histrionics and it's over in just over 3 minutes. It and "Biology Tricks" are the real standouts here, indie rock gems you don't hear too much of these days. You do hear the thick distorted guitars, the strained and earnest delivery, the cymbals crashing, and so on, but there's something charming here, worth hearing.

I hope the singer gives his throat the proper care as he may not want to spend his 40s and beyond talking in a whisper... I've seen it happen.

A really good album.......2005-10-05

I first read of these guys in the Dallas Quick mini-newspaper and then heard them on an episode of 90.1 At Night (a program on the NPR affiliate here in Dallas).

After hearing "Flashes and Cables" and "Argonne Limit Co" on their website (go give them a listen...you can hear the whole song), I decided to pick up the album (always a gamble when you've only heard one or two songs).

It was worth the risk. The album is beautiful. It's amazing these guys haven't blown up the charts yet.

As Nice As They Are Talented.......2005-01-23

i was shopping at Slinky Whistle Bait-a vintage store on the square here in Denton when i overheard three guys talking to the store owner about touring in Belgium. When they were done talking i said i don't mean to eavesdrop,but...i was.What's the name of your band? A clean-shaven blond in a tight red t-shirt asked if i'd heard of them. No. i'm sorry i haven't.-Geez, i was embaressed.-i said if you're on tour in Europe you must be good.He laughed and said that they were trying to experiment with their style and that it was difficult to describe,but he hoped i would like it.
i'm Will,he said and shook my hand.i went back to trying on clothes,but before he left he came over and said it was really nice to meet you.
He was so softspoken and personable i thought he must've played a small part in the group.i had no idea he was the singer/songwriter behind it all.

Mothers of Invention.......2004-09-18

Quite simply stated, Centro Matic are the most important group to emerge on the music scene since the late 70's. Involved within are many diversed talents who's influences will be felt well into the 21st century and beyond.
One of the best kept secrets in the musical underground scene, Centro Matic continue to offer up masterpiece after masterpiece with "Love You Just the Same" being the latest.
Amazing, Brilliant and Unique amoung the crap that's passed off as music in today's cookie cutter offerings.
Be prepared to become a devotee.............

what an amazing band.......2003-10-19

Every cd catchs me off guard, and thats certainly true of the latest "love you just the same". More subdued than previous releases, at first you could be disappointed. but then you listen to the perfect guitar riffs and lyrics of "all the lightning rods" and you know that once again we have another will johnson masterpiece.

As always, a highlight of each centro cd is scott's piano/violin/vocals ... "strahan" and the superlative "spiraling sideways" (until the sun faaaaaaaalls down) along with what has to be the best drummer around, matt pence....just an amazing band. "Without you" and "silver plate compaints" are just plain beautiful - "picking up too fast" as good as anything uncle tupelo/son volt ever did.

Expect what you wish, what we have is another centro-matic classic and it should be in your library along with all the others.

Average customer rating: Travelin' time He'll have you jumpin'!

Walking Heart Attack Holland K. Smith Manufacturer: Topcat Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Jungle Jane ASIN: B00000JGYA Release Date: 1999-07-13

Tracks:

1. Walking Heart Attack
2. Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
3. Deacon's Son
4. Little Boy Blues
5. Hypnotized
6. Queen Of Sheba
7. This, That And The Other
8. Take Me Back To Memphis
9. Cindy Lee
10. For Cryin' Out Loud
11. Beautician Blues
12. Night Train

Customer Reviews:

Travelin' time.......2002-06-02

On a recent trip to Texas, I had the opportunity to meet & hear
Holland at a blues club in Ft. Worth. I was impressed by his
energy and ability to keep the crowd movin'. He is one man I
want to hear again. His music has become my traveling sound
for many future trips this summer. His combination of blues,
swing & rockabilly are remarkable. Looking forward to hearing
the new CD for release soon.

He'll have you jumpin'!.......2002-01-29

WARNING! LISTENING TO THIS CD CREATES AN INABLIITY TO SIT STILL! I logged on to buy this CD after hearing it on the jukebox, and was saddened to see that no one had reviewed it. Holland's style seems to be a mixture of blues, jazz and swing, with a lot of rockabilly thrown in....but however you choose to label it, it works. I have also heard this man play live at some of the Fort Worth blues clubs, and have found it impossible not to at least tap my foot while listening. You'll be tapping, you'll be dancing, you'll be jumpin'! Rumor has it that he's coming out with a third CD in 2002....I plan to buy that one too.

Average customer rating:

Things Just Ain't the Same Deborah Cox Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: One Wish The Morning After Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album Deborah Cox Ultimate Deborah Cox ASIN: B000002VJ4 Release Date: 1997-06-03

Tracks:

1. Things Just Ain't the Same
2. Things Just Ain't the Same [Remix]

Average customer rating: 1997's crossover-club hit!! The beat, the glory, the sweat, the rhythm...its all here

Things Just Ain't the Same Deborah Cox Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: It's Over Now Nobody's Supposed to Be Here (Dance Mixes) Morning After ASIN: B00000AECN Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

1. Hex Hector's Club Mix
2. Dance Radio Mix
3. Hex's Club Instrumental
4. Original Version
5. Remix

Customer Reviews:

1997's crossover-club hit!!.......1999-05-22

"Things Just Ain't The Same" was one of 1997's most requested clubland songs. And for good reason. Hex Hector remixes this ballad into a hard-kickin' club anthem. Deborah wraps her vocals around tight beats and lush rhythms, makin' you just want to get up and dance!! With Hex's full length club mix, a radio edit, and his instrumental of the club mix - you're ready to start off ANY party! 5/5

The beat, the glory, the sweat, the rhythm...its all here.......1998-10-29

From the jungle opening to Deborah's lilting voice singing of love lost but not forgotten this song soars over your soundscape like a phoenix arising from its forlorn ashes. It is jungle; it is house; it is sweat in a girls club in Manhattan Summer 1997 at 4am; it's a taste of club heaven in the Pacific Northwest. Buy it. You won't regret it if you seek to support your groove.

Average customer rating: A new James Bond. A Great Title song! Bond music in the 70s - Three and a half stars George Martin-NOT John Barry. Good? A great 70's Soundtrack McCARTNEY and MARTIN Bring JAMES BOND into the 70s

Live and Let Die Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Man With The Golden Gun (1974 Film): Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B00000DR8B Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Live And Let Die (Main Title) - Paul McCartney & Wings
2. Just A Closer Walk With Thee/New Second Line - Milton Batiste
3. Bond Meets Solitaire
4. Whisper Who Dares
5. Snakes Alive
6. Baron Samedi's Dance Of Death
7. Sam Monique
8. Fillet Of Soul-No/Live And Let Die/Fillet Of Soul - George Martin/BJ Arnau
9. Bond Drops In
10. If He Finds It, Kill Him
11. Trespassers Will Be Eaten
12. Solitaire Gets Her Cards
13. Sacrifice
14. James Bond Theme - Monty Norman

Customer Reviews:

A new James Bond. A Great Title song!.......2002-11-15

Gone is John Barry. Here is George Martin. for the first time in James Bond history, the title song is performed by a band. Paul McCartney and the Wings perform the title song which is considered to be one of the best. It charted at #2 in the charts for three weeks. This soundtrack is so full of exciting and intense music. Tracks like San Monique and Snakes Alive are truly exciting. Bond meets Solitare and If he finds it, Kill Him give the listener a mysterious and magical feel. George Martin also includes his own 007 theme. Also very generous about this soundtrack is the nice amount of 14 tracks. A great title song. Great additional music. A new James Bond. It makes a fantastic soundtrack!

Bond music in the 70s - Three and a half stars.......2002-04-22

With the superb title song Live And Let Die sung by Paul McCartney and performed by Wings, one thinks that this soundtrack will be good. Well it is and it isn't.

"Bond Meets Solitaire" is an okay song, with a good tune that is very tense. Then we get into "Whisper Who Dares" which is a tense and exciting action cue, and at about one minute into the song we can tell that this is Bond music for the seventies. "Bond Drops In" is another good song, starting out with a quieted excitement as Bond enters Kananga's hideout via hanglider. But then the song moves into music that was not in the movie. "Trespasser's Will Be Eaten" is another good song, but does not include all the music from that scene, and sounds like it has been changed around a bit. Then we go on to track 14, "James Bond Theme" which is heard in the movie as Bond's taxi follows Kananga to the Filet Of Soul restaurant in Harlem. This has another seventies sound to it.

Despite those good songs there are also bad ones and missing ones. Some of the bad ones are "Baron Samedi's Dance Of Death" and "San Monique". Why are they on this CD? They aren't the greatest songs, and were only used as background music for the scenes where Bond checks into his room in San Monique. The big downside is the lack of music. There is a lot missing, some including the music from the boat chase, airplane chase, and the fight between Bond and Kananga in his underground office/heroine shipping cave.

The music isn't that bad, it is just that it doesn't sound like Bond music. Then again we were changed from John Barry to George Martin music. It is still good though, and receives three and a half stars. Definitely one to consider for bond and music fans alike.

George Martin-NOT John Barry. Good?.......2001-08-08

Exactly how is one suppose to give a good review of a soundtrack like LALD? The music is cool, has a nice tempo and some exciting action tracks. The thing is that is does not belong in a Bondfilm. As mentioned, not because the music's bad, but you know that if John Barry would have composed the score (he has scored 11 Bond films) it would be just that much better. Barry's recognation has always been that he writes music that stands forever. Martin's score is outdated.

The hole soundtack moves on in quite the same tempo, and after a while, when you know what you're going to here next, it get's boring.

That does not mean the record is not worth buying-it most certainly is. In normal soundtrack-standard, it's really good. But it is not Barry's touch of perfectionism...

However, Martin should have returned for The Spy Who Loved Me, when Barry once again was bissy with other things cause the man does have a talent.

Highlights:

Bond Meets Solitaire

Bond Drops In

Trespasseras Will Be Eaten

The Bond Theme in track 14 is good, but few versions of the Bond Theme is not.

A great 70's Soundtrack.......2001-04-16

The film is good. Great actor Roger Moore has replaced George Lazemby and there are 6 villains; Kananga, Baron Samedi, Tee Hee, Rosie, Whisper and Adam. But the thing I liked the most about it is the great music. I got the soundtrack just for the excellent music when Bond escapes from Adam and hi jacks the plane in the airport and for the cabride music played a few minutes earlier. Unfortunetly this music is not on the soundtrack but to my surprize, the excellent music that can be heard when Bond is in the hotel room (track 7) and Baron Samedi's Dance Of Death (track 6) is on it. The music may sound old compared to Goldeneye and The Living Daylights but if you like funky 70's music then buy it. I'm also reviewing all the other Bond soundtracks over the next few months.

McCARTNEY and MARTIN Bring JAMES BOND into the 70s.......2001-03-04

Gone is Sean Connery and so is John Barry! Paul and Linda McCartney compose the main title and perform it together with Wings! George Martin scores the rest of the film. This was the greatest departure from the Bond formula as Roger Moore took over the role of James Bond in 1973's "Live and Let Die" and what a departure it was. Pleasantly this is not a bad Bond album. It is a good combination of background and source music, which has a strange cohesive quality about it that really works. The best cuts on the album are `Trespassers Will Be Eaten' and George Martin's 70's interpretation of "The James Bond Theme." Paul and Linda McCartney's main title composition is also very good.

Music Album:

1. Keepers [Live]
2. Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's
3. Lee Ann Womack
4. Let There Be Peace on Earth
5. Like Her
6. Like It Used to Be
7. Live at the Newburyport Firehouse [Live]
8. Live at Veneta, OR 8/27/1972 [Live]
9. Lone Star State of Mind
10. Mr. Snowman

Music Album