Looking For a City

Track Listings

 
1. Looking For a City
2. He Set Me Free
3. I'd Rather Be An Old Time Christian (Than Anything I Know)
4. In the Garden
5. Hide Me, Rock of Ages
6. The Church In the Wildwood
7. Lord, Lead Me Home
8. Camping In Canaan's Land
9. The Glory Land Way
10. Shall We Gather At the River

Looking For a City,Chuck Wagon Gang,Music Mill,Country Gospel,Gospel,Pop,Southern Gospel,Traditional Country
Mirrormask
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great movie, better soundtrack
  • great collection of unusual music
  • Supurb
  • Amazing!
  • excellent
Mirrormask
Iain Ballamy , Stuart Hall , Martin Sharp , Matthew Sharp , Burt Bacharach , Dave McKean , Martin France , John Parricelli , Neil Percy , Iain Bellamy , Ashley Slater , Arve Henriksen , Chris Batchelor , David Powell , Josefine Cronholm , and Neil Gaiman
Manufacturer: La-La Land Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007RTARU
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

  1. Sock Puppets / Flyover
  2. Circus Overture
  3. Spanish Web
  4. Gorillas!
  5. Running For The Bus
  6. Abandoned Hall
  7. Leaving The City
  8. Arresting Helena
  9. The White Queen Sleeps / The White Palace
  10. Rabbit Band
  11. The Library
  12. The Myth Of Creation
  13. Fish Street
  14. Looking Through The Window
  15. Giants Orbiting
  16. Outside Bagwell's
  17. Mrs. Bagwell's Rhumba
  18. Meeting The Sphinx
  19. Monkeybirds
  20. Dream Park / Meeting In A Dream
  21. Conjuring A Dome
  22. In The Dark Forest
  23. Betrayed!
  24. Close To You
  25. A New Life
  26. A Rather Tense Dinner Party
  27. Butterfingers
  28. Discoveries / Fight Or Flight? / Goodbye Evil Helena
  29. My Waltz For Newk
  30. If I Apologised

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great movie, better soundtrack.......2007-05-19

I just recently saw this movie and the only thing I could think about afterwards was that I had to get this soundtrack. I'm not usually a big fan of movie soundtracks, but this cd is unlike any other out there, soundtrack or not. The use of strings and carnaval type instruments is completely unique and makes this a must by for any fan of music.

5 out of 5 stars great collection of unusual music.......2007-05-07

Rented the movie on reccomendation from Netflix, it was pretty good. But the music was the star of the show. The soundtrack follows the course of the movie pretty closely, it's kind of like listening to the movie. Each track brings to mind a specific scene in the movie. One of the highlights is the ecclectic treatment of Burt Bacharach's "Close to You". Most will remember the super-sweet Carpenter's version, but this interpretation was the main reason I bought the music. Unusual augmented chord progressions and almost minimalist format (complete with the mechanical background sounds made by the female jack-in-the-box-like, life-sized, mostly metal toy dressers) make the tune as captivating as in the movie when they 'convert' the trapped Helena into the black princess. Great music to play while relaxing, too.

5 out of 5 stars Supurb.......2007-03-08

This soundtrack is truly a delight to listen to. It ranges from quirky circus music to deep and melodic mysterious tunes. It is a great CD to relax to and to use as background music for most any relaxing time hanging out with friends.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing!.......2007-02-24

This is a very good soundtrack to a very good movie. The music is amazingly composed and is nice to listen to.

5 out of 5 stars excellent.......2007-01-17

This CD is excellent! All the music from the movie in its entirety, all the songs are complete songs, and the songs are all top notch compositions.
Looking For a City
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    Looking For a City
    Chuck Wagon Gang
    Manufacturer: Music Mill
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0002584OW
    Release Date: 2004-04-29

    Tracks:

    1. Looking For a City
    2. He Set Me Free
    3. I'd Rather Be An Old Time Christian (Than Anything I Know)
    4. In the Garden
    5. Hide Me, Rock of Ages
    6. The Church In the Wildwood
    7. Lord, Lead Me Home
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    10. Shall We Gather At the River
    Film & Television Music of Angela Morley
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      Film & Television Music of Angela Morley

      Manufacturer: Dutton Vocalion UK
      ProductGroup: Music
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      ASIN: B0000TCR9I
      Release Date: 2004-08-10

      Tracks:

      1. Introduction /Waltz [From the ...]
      2. Transformation Music/Wedding March
      3. Theme [From Madame X]
      4. Theme [From When Eight Bells Toll]
      5. Tender Mood
      6. Theme [From the Looking Glass War]
      7. White Wing [from Hotel Luna]
      8. Snow Ride
      9. Blues for Alexis [From Dynasty]
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      A Box of Sousa
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • A Box Of Brilliance
      A Box of Sousa

      Manufacturer: Altissimo Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by SousaAll Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00005Y7U0
      Release Date: 2001-10-16

      Tracks:

      1. Semper Fidelis
      2. Presidential Polonaise
      3. Manhattan Beach March
      4. Comrades of the Legion March
      5. Saber and Spurs March
      6. Gridiron Club March
      7. King Cotton March
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      10. Invincible Eagle March
      11. Excerpts from Mars and Venus
      12. Washington Post March (1890)
      13. Washington Post March (1988)
      14. Stars and Stripes Forever [Live]
      15. Man Behind the Gun
      16. Selections from the Operetta, the Bride Elect
      17. Reine de la Mer
      18. Sound Off
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      20. By the Light of the Polar Star
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      22. Mars and Venus
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      25. Fairest of the Fair
      26. Hands Across the Sea
      27. Diplomat
      28. Rifle Regiment
      29. Occidental
      30. Riders for the Flag
      31. Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
      32. High School Cadets
      33. Boy Scouts of America
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      35. Directorate
      36. Black Horse Troop
      37. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
      38. Beau Ideal
      39. Belle of Chicago
      40. Corcoran Cadets
      41. National Game
      42. Loyal Legion
      43. Liberty Bell
      44. Liberty Bell [Historic 1894 Recording]
      45. Century of Progress
      46. Atlantic City Pageant
      47. Free Lance
      48. Glory of the Yankee Navy
      49. March of the Mitten Men
      50. Minnesota March
      51. Northern Pines
      52. Our Flirtations
      53. Pride of the Wolverines
      54. Solid Men to the Front
      55. White Rose
      56. Bullets and Bayonets
      57. In the Land of the Golden Fleece
      58. Pathfinder of Panama
      59. Liberty Loan
      60. Peaches and Cream
      61. National Fencibles [Historic 1890 Recording]

      Album Description

      Box Set of 4 CDs by The United States Marine Band.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A Box Of Brilliance.......2004-01-13

      Brilliant is a good word for this set of must have band classics, all of these songs are as american as apple pie. Its a must have for any true patriot or band lover. Sousa is the Motzart of the marchign band world and truly this capture so much more than any other collection.
      Magical Musicals / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Not impressed
      • Inexorable wonder!
      Magical Musicals / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

      Manufacturer: Telarc
      ProductGroup: Music
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      ASIN: B00001QGKF
      Release Date: 1999-09-28

      Tracks:

      1. Hercules: Introduction
      2. Hercules: The Gospel Truth
      3. Hercules: One Last Hope
      4. Hercules: I Won't Say
      5. Hercules: Zero To Hero
      6. Hercules: A Star Is Born
      7. Hercules: Go The Distance
      8. Aladdin And the King Of Thieves: Party In Agrabah
      9. Pocahontas: Just Around The River Bend
      10. The Return Of Jafar: You're Only Second Rate
      11. The Return Of Jafar: Forget About Love
      12. The Return Of Jafar: I'm Looking Out For Me
      13. The Return Of Jafar: Nothing In The World
      14. Toy Story: You've Got A Friend In Me
      15. 101 Dalmations: Cruella De Vil
      16. Pocahontas: Colors Of The Wind
      17. Oliver And Company: Once Upon A Time In New York City
      18. Oliver And Company: Why Should I Worry?
      19. The Nightmare Before Christmas: What's This?
      20. James And The Giant Peach: Good News
      21. Mulan: Orchestral Suite
      22. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: The Bells Of Notre Dame
      23. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Someday
      24. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: God Help The Outcasts
      25. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy
      26. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Court Of Miracles
      27. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: A Guy Like You
      28. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Heaven's Light

      Customer Reviews:

      1 out of 5 stars Not impressed.......2003-11-25

      I was not terribly impressed with this CD. Fortunately, I decided to get it from the library to see if it was good before deciding whether or not to buy it.

      Although the orchestration of the songs is well done, most of them simply were not meant to be performed by a chorus; and they sound terrible in that form. If you want some of the songs on this CD, I suggest you look at one of Disney's compilation CDs in the Classic Disney Vol. 1-5 series or the actual soundtracks of the movies.

      5 out of 5 stars Inexorable wonder!.......2001-06-23

      Where to start?! Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra have had a track record for recording some of the most stupendous movie music ever. Magical Musicals is just another example of how audaciously bold, yet beautiful Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops have taken the original scores, molded them into the same pieces, yet at the same time, creating life of their own in each and every note. If you are looking for ANY soundtrack containing Disney music, this should be the first CD you listen to. There are others out there, and yes, they may sound beautiful and enchanting, but you won't find such a unique and compelling score anywhere else other than this CD. Check it out!!
      John Philip Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vols. 1-5 (Box Set)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Sousa Authenticity
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      ASIN: B0002TNI8A
      Release Date: 2004-09-21

      Album Description

      This five CD box set to commemorate Sousa's sesquicentennial includes Volumes 1-5 in this ongoing American Classics series. Highlights include: Looking Upward Suite, King Cotton, The Fairest of the Fair, The National Game, The Glory of the Yankee Navy, The Atlantic City Pageant, Cubaland, Semper Fidelis and The Stars and Stripes Forever.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Sousa Authenticity.......2006-11-01

      My review as stated separately for Volume V in this series goes for this boxed set even more emphatically!
      Carmen (Sung in English)
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • English is an asset and a drawback
      • You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English
      • A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!
      • I love Carmen!
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      Bizet , Bardon , Gavin , Plazas , Magee , and Parry
      Manufacturer: Chandos
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      ASIN: B00007JGRN
      Release Date: 2003-03-11

      Tracks:

      1. Prelude
      2. In The Plaza
      3. Just Look At That Delicious Morsel
      4. Here Come Our New Soldier Boys
      5. Jose! There Was A Girl Here Looking For You Just Now
      6. Off With You Old Soldier Boys
      7. Corporal! Sir!
      8. We Have Heard The Bell Summon Us To Meet Here
      9. Ah, Just Look!
      10. But Why Hasn't She Come, Our Carmencita?
      11. Love's A Bird Wild As Any Rebel
      12. Carmen! We Will Follow You High And Low!
      13. The Cheek Of It!
      14. Give Me News Of My Mother!
      15. Your Dear Mother And I Were Leaving Church This Morning
      16. I See My Mother's Face!
      17. Wait A Moment - I'm Going To Read The Letter
      18. Come And Help
      19. So, Corporal: Tell Me What Happened
      20. Well, Carmencita: What Do You Have To Say For Yourself?
      21. Where Are You Taking Me?
      22. There's An Old Bar In The City
      23. Careful - It's Lieutenant!
      24. Entr'acte
      25. From Far Away Mysterious Sounds
      26. Bravo, Bravo! More! Keep Dancing!
      27. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
      28. Who's That? It's Escamillo, The Bullfighter From Granada
      29. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
      30. You're Most Kind
      31. We'll Come With You, Senor Torero
      32. Toreador, Be Ready!
      33. At Last! We Got Rid Of Them As Quickly As We Could
      34. There's A Little Job That We're Starting!
      35. Being In Love Is Not A Reason

      Tracks:

      1. To Bid You Welcome To Our Bar
      2. La La La La La La La La...
      3. Back To Camp!... Go At Once!
      4. That Flow'r You Threw To Me I Treasured
      5. No, It's Not Love At All!
      6. Hello! Carmen!
      7. Lieutenant Fair, It's True
      8. The Sky Above The Open Road
      9. Entr'acte
      10. Keep Going, Dear Old Friend, Kep Going!
      11. Right! Let's Stop For A While
      12. Shuffle! Cut Them!
      13. In Vain You Would Avoid The Bitter Things They're Saying
      14. You're Back!
      15. As For That Man, It Should Be Easy!
      16. Is This The Place?
      17. I Say That There's Nothing To Fear
      18. It's Him! I'm Sure It's Him Over There!
      19. Escamillo Is My Name, And I Come From Granada
      20. She Had A Lover Here
      21. Hola! Hola! Jose!
      22. You Should Take Care, Carmen
      23. Alas! Jose, Your Mother Is Ill
      24. Entr'acte
      25. A Few Cuartos! A Few Cuartos!
      26. Here They Come! Here They Come!
      27. If You Love Me, Carmen
      28. It's You! It's Me!
      29. Viva! Viva! What A Corrida!

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars English is an asset and a drawback.......2004-07-20

      The best thing about this recording of Carmen is the libretto. Conductor David Parry penned this facile and dramatic English translation. He avoids the pitfalls of literal translation to achieve an idiomatic flow that matches the rhythm of the original lyrics. I use this as a reference libretto for any of the French Carmens.

      Unfortunately, the performance suffers from being sung in English. The singers declaim their parts with such proper British diction that Carmen comes across as a school marm. The spoken dialog is delivered beat for deliberate beat and is dripping with reverb. It makes the plaza, tavern and mountain pass all sound like a sewer pipe.

      This is a good first Carmen for someone trying to understand the work. The libretto itself is a good investment for further listening. For an enjoyable performance with an emphasis on character and action, I recommend Regina Resnik on the London Double Decker set.

      5 out of 5 stars You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English.......2004-02-09

      What a perfect introduction to opera. This newly released recording will surely get you hooked into opera. Carmen, a French opera by Georges Bizet, is the most recognizable and most popular in the opera world. It's famous melodies- the overture, the Habanera, The Toreador Song have all been featured in everything from cellular phone ring tones to Superbowl Commercial (last year's Superbowl with The "Opera In English" label has been making Italian operas into English for a number of years now. Also on the market are Verdi's La Traviata in English (with soprano Valerie Masterson as Violetta) Handel's Julius Caesar with Janet Baker and even Wagner's epic Ring Of The Nibeling sung in English. This is a terrific recording and I highly recommend it if you want to get into opera. Listen to this version first and then try the real, original French version Bizet had written. Patricia Bardon is sensational, sexy and dramatic as Carmen.

      The real strength of this version is the dynamic drama. With the advantage of being sung in English, we get better insight on characters' emotions and motives, and we understand the drama a lot better. Carmen is all about great drama. Bizet drew the plot from the French writer Prosper Merimee's dark short story. Carmen is the ultimate femme fatale- a devil-may-care, sexy Gypsy living in Spain, seduces the conservatively raised soldier Don Jose, stealing him away from his fiancee, the passive Micaela, living a life of underground smuggling and rowdy taverns. "Habanera" and "The Gypsy Song and Dance" are very expressive of Carmen's extraordinarily liberal lifestyle. Don Jose, however, has fallen deeply in love- as he shows us in his song/aria "The Flower Song". But Carmen soon becomes tired of his constancy. Don Jose wants a committed, monogamous relationship with Carmen. But Carmen will not submit to love, since she is first and foremost a carnal creature. Eventually, she falls for the handsome Toreador Escamillo. Don Jose, consumed by jealousy, stabs Carmen at a bullfight after Carmen declares her love for Escamillo and rejects Don Jose's love. Don Jose's crazed, obscessive personality shines through in the English version as well. This tragedy has been done in English before so don't think this is the first time. Back in the 50's, there was a film, starring black actors "Carmen Jones" which was treated the same way as this opera- more like an English Broadway musical and with the dubbed singing voice of Marilyn Horne as Carmen. All in all, this recording is excellent.

      5 out of 5 stars A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!.......2003-09-17

      This recording really sells "Carmen" as a drama. Although I have two other recordings of this opera and have seen it performed several times, it never quite worked for me dramatically. But thanks to the fine performances, conducting, and translation here, I've become a "Carmen" convert. Producing a good English-language performance of a foreign opera, especially a warhorse like "Carmen," is much more difficult than it might appear. You need performers who not only can sing the parts (of course) but also can sing *English* and make it halfway intelligible and make it sound like English and make it dramatically convincing to English-speakers. The singers on this recording do an excellent job all around. Don't be put off if you don't recognize their names -- they are up to the task musically and (especially) in their acting. Admittedly, as with *all* English-language recordings, some passages are very hard to understand without reading along, but most of the time the words are clear and effective. I would recommend this recording to any opera beginner or opera lover, even those who normally turn up their noses at performances in translation.

      4 out of 5 stars I love Carmen!.......2003-08-15

      I do. I can think of no other opera with more melodic inventiveness, and few others with so sure a dramatic pulse. Carmen is popular and it thrills me to say that it is also a very good opera - not always true of popular things.

      And what of this recording? Carmen sits well in English, so it is good to hear in translation, although some of the detais in the text jar. Escamillo refers to Jose as "my dear", which sounds rather peculiar, and the guide's line to Micaela: "it's not exactly inviting, is it?" sounds distinctly Middle England rather than Rural Spain. Some of the performers, not least Carmen herself, make the words work, although there are long tracts, especially with the chorus, where the language is distinctly indistinct.

      The soloists are, by and large, strong. Patricia Bardon's deep, Handel-friendly voice adapts well to Carmen and she colours the music with phenomenal detail, sounding sexy and provocative from the start with an edge of pride and anger that emerges as the show goes on. She is out of her depth above the stave, though, and some extra top notes in the second act don't show her off to her best advantage. I have previously said that Julian Gavin is poorly served by recordings, though here he sounds much more even and gives a thrilling and musical performance (but his wooden spoken lines let him down). Mary Plazas is a lovely Micaela, rich-voiced and sincere (and word-perfect), but Garry Magee sounds miscast as Escamillo, lacking the ballast at the bottom of the voice to do justice to this tricky role.

      The supporting cast is good (Mary Hegarty seems to do nothing but Frasquita these days!) but the really treasurable thing is the conducting. Stepping out of Italian Ottocento, David Parry turns his hand to this French Comedie with an appropriate lightness of touch. His pacing and handling of the set pieces is exemplary and the enrtractes go with a real swing.

      A pleasure, then, for the Carmen naive or a novelty for the Carmen-acquainted. I nearly wrote Carmen-weary - but I don't think it's possible.
      Looking for a Way out
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        Looking for a Way out
        Six Foot One Dog & City Boys
        Manufacturer: Hip Rock Records
        ProductGroup: Music
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        ASIN: B000000CDE
        Release Date: 1993-01-22

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        2. Get Off
        3. Flowin'
        4. Hammers And Vouges
        5. Scandalous
        6. 9' Of Pleasure
        7. Bitches
        8. Bozak Warning
        9. Bozack
        10. Comin' Up
        11. Looking For A Way Out
        12. A Run In With The Law
        13. The Bottom
        14. Bloodshed
        15. K O S 'N' A Quake
        Looking to the East
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          Looking to the East

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          ASIN: B00004SWG7
          Release Date: 2000-09-26

          Tracks:

          1. Ste: Ov: Allegro Poco Maestoso; Allegro - Anahid Ajemian/Maro Ajemian
          2. Ste: Elegy: Adagio - Anahid Ajemian/Maro Ajemian
          3. Ste: First Gamelan: Allegro - Anahid Ajemian/Maro Ajemian
          4. Ste: Aria: Lento Espressivo - Anahid Ajemian/Maro Ajemian
          5. Ste: Second Gamelan: Allegro Moderato - Anahid Ajemian/Maro Ajemian
          6. Ste: Chorale: Andante Moderato - Anahid Ajemian/Maro Ajemian
          7. Homage To Iran: I - Andante Rubato - Leopold Avakian/Mitchell Andrews/Basil Bahar
          8. Homage To Iran: II - Interlude - Leopold Avakian/Mitchell Andrews/Basil Bahar
          9. Homage To Iran: III - Andante Rubato - Leopold Avakian/Mitchell Andrews/Basil Bahar
          10. Homage To Iran: IV - Con Spirito - Leopold Avakian/Mitchell Andrews/Basil Bahar
          11. Nocturne - Hessian RSO/David Van Vactor
          12. Koke No Niwa (Moss Garden) - Melvin Kaplan/Walter Rosenberger/Elden Bailey/Ruth Negri
          13. The Holy City, Op.218 - Elgar Howarth
          14. Triptych: Ave Maria, Op.100/1a - Benita Valente
          15. Triptych: Christmas Ode, Op.100/1b - Benita Valente
          16. Triptych: Easter Cant, Op.100/3 - Benita Valente
          Looking for a City
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            Looking for a City

            Manufacturer: Jim Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000A7PP12

            Product Description

            1) Looking For A City (4:12) 2) O Say But Im Glad (3:00) 3) Let Me Touch Jesus (3:04) 4) No Not One (3:14) 5) Royal Telephone (3:20) 6) Mercy Rewrote My Life (3:44) 7) Praise Him (3:22) 8) Well Never Grow Old (3:39) 9) Just A Little While (2:40) 10) Harvest Time (2:40)

            Music Album:

            1. Man in Black: Very Best of [Import]
            2. Modern Art
            3. Mountain Music Featuring the Dulcimer
            4. My Saddle Pals and I [Box set]
            5. No Deeper Blue
            6. No Other Way
            7. Now Again
            8. One Endless Night
            9. Outside the Lines
            10. Population Me

            Music Album

            Music Album