From Bob James and David Sanborn's Grammy-winning Double Vision to George Benson and Earl Klugh's Collaboration, Warner Bros. Records has released some of the greatest duo projects in smooth jazz. With Rick Braun and Boney James's Shake It Up, the label's tandem projects have hit a new plateau, pairing Braun's jazzy trumpet sensibilities with James's ultra-funk saxophone dynamics. The album title reflects the way the two bounce off and drive each other to artistic heights beyond either's typical solo work. The two horns dance over a shuffle beat and simmering blues keyboard textures on the opening track, "RSVP," first soaring in perfect unison, then breaking for back-and-forth conversation between James's lower smoky tone and Braun's higher-pitched crackling. Their musical chatter builds slowly, culminating in a powerful end chorus. Similarly celebratory are two versions (one vocal) of the jubilant horn hit "Grazin' in the Grass," which features the two swaying as one over jumpy retro guitar and keyboard parts, then blasting off into percussive improvisations. The disc's gentler moments are equally remarkable, notably the silky "More Than You Know" (in which Braun introduces a tender thought and waits for James to complete it) and a smoky, gently grooving cover of Horace Silver's "Song for My Father." --Jonathan Widran
Shake It Up,Boney James & Rick Braun,Warner Bros / Wea,Contemporary Jazz,Crossover Jazz,Instrumental Pop,Jazz,Jazz Music,Jazz-Pop,Pop,Sax (Soprano),Sax (Tenor),Smooth Jazz
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Chicken Little
Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BBOVEY Release Date: 2005-11-01 |
Tracks:
- Stir It Up - Patti Labelle
- One Little Slip - Barenaked Ladies
- Shake A Tail Feather - The Cheetah Girls
- All I Know - Five For Fighting
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
- It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
- We Are The Champions - Chicken Little
- Wannabe - Abby Mallard And Runt Of The Litter
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart - The Chicken Little Cast
- The Sky Is Falling - John Debney
- The Big Game - John Debney
- Dad Apologizes - John Debney
- Chase To Cornfield - John Debney
- Dodgeball - John Debney
- Driving With Dad - John Debney
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This soundtrack offers a pretty standard mix of new songs, old chestnuts, and excerpts from the score (here by John Debney). On the new tip, Joss Stone and Patti LaBelle engage in an overheated battle of the divas on CD opener "Stir It Up," a bouncy piece of fluff that sounds more like Aretha Franklin circa "Freeway of Love" than classic soul. Other originals include Barenaked Ladies' "One Little Slip" (this movie's answer to Counting Crows' "Accidentally in Love" from Shrek 2) and the Cheetah Girls' peppy-but-bland cover of "Shake Your Tail Feather." But the real highlights are the songs performed by the movie's vocal cast, which includes Joan Cusack, Garry Marshall, Zach Braff, Steve Zahn, and Amy Sedaris. Their group cover of Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don¹t Go Breaking My Heart," for instance, sounds as if half of them were drunk in the recording studio (and this is meant as a compliment.) Braff's a cappella version of "We Are the Champions" is smashing and Cusack and Zahn's take on the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" is completely demented. The kids will laugh; their parents will laugh even harder for completely different reasons. --Elisabeth VincentelliCustomer Reviews:
my little one loves Chicken Little.......2007-04-05
this is a great kids cd!!.......2007-03-24
Great soundtrack for the children, especially if they liked the movie!.......2007-03-14
Her favorite gift..........2006-12-23
Chicken Little Soundtrack.......2006-08-29
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Shake It Up
The Cars Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002GXD Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Since You're Gone
- Shake It Up
- I'm Not The One
- Victim Of Love
- Cruiser
- A Dream Away
- This Could Be Love
- Think It Over
- Maybe Baby
Customer Reviews:
Solid songs carry this not too extensive CD.......2006-10-14
More New Wave than Rock.......2006-08-10
"Shake It Up" is more commercial than the previous album, "Panorama," but at the same time, it has a warmer, more intimate sound, more along the lines of "Candy-O." The biggest difference is that "Shake It Up" is not as guitar-oriented as any previous Cars album (nor any of the later ones, for that matter). After delivering great solos on the first two songs, Elliot Easton only gets one more solo, on "Victim of Love," though he does play some really nice, raunchy fills at the end of "Cruiser." There is not a single solo on the entire second half of the album, as the keyboards carry the melodies and the guitar is relegated to a complementary role.
Still, this album sticks in my mind just as much as the first three. Ric Ocasek was still wrting good tunes, and even the weaker material toward the end is so cleverly arranged that it jumps right out of the speakers and into your head. "Think It Over" and "Maybe Baby" would've been dumb songs in the hands of lesser musicians, but the Cars make them come alive. "Maybe Baby" is the only song where David Robinson has a chance to cut loose on drums, and he attacks them with all the ferocity of a guy who has spent the entire album up till then playing with a drum machine.
There are two first-rate keyboard-driven slow songs on this album, "I'm Not the One" and "A Dream Away." "Since You're Gone" is one of the funniest, most fatalistic songs Ocasek ever wrote, and "Cruiser" is a great crunching rocker in the tradition of "Candy-0." Some people hate the title song, but I've always loved it.
Yes, the Cars were less of a "rock" band here, but being a "rock" band was never the point anyway. They always walked both sides of the line between rock and new wave. They just chose to be more of a new wave band with this album. And it worked out just fine, as far as I'm concerned.
Check out the words.......2005-01-24
. . . more than you want me to
till i met you in the dark
i was chasing little sparks
when you think you're going to sink
comes someone you wouldn't think
is this the kill
is this the thrill
i'll wait until you say
this could be love
Which is followed by a song called "Think It Over." The poetry is magically evasive, totally eschewing concrete images, calling a song "Maybe Baby." The tragic element is destiny for the victim of love :
framed by the night touched by the glove
you're the victim victim of love.
There might be a greatest hits CD with a lot more Cars songs that radio listeners would recognize, but this collection of nine songs in 1981 was the set I could even buy a book of music for and try to play and sing in simple beginner fashion. The sounds on the record were never as simple as what was in the book, but the music worked well at that level. Actually learning these songs was much better than just hearing them on the radio, and we all ought to be grateful that Ric Ocasek came up with so many songs that fans of popular culture could enjoy, even if our understanding was a bit vague.
Doesn't this disc need RE-MASTERING?!?.......2004-08-15
Regrettably not. The Cars albums were initially "dumped" to CD back in the early 90s, and it took a long time for the first three albums to be decently re-mastered. (Sadly, ART and LYRIC reproduction still has not been handled properly! Each new CD version looks exactly like the older, worse version!) As far as I can tell, Shake It Up and Heartbeat City have never been properly transferred. In other words -- they sound terrible.
Seems the problem is, Elektra's out of business. Certaintly, it's not a question of The Cars being able to sell records, since they ALWAYS DID, FROM DAY ONE. It's just not fair.
Somebody, please, obtain the rights and do The Cars right! Don't these pioneers of 80s sound quality deserve modern reproduction?
Shake It Up.......2004-08-13
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Shake It Up
Boney James & Rick Braun Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004TCP4 Release Date: 2000-05-30 |
Tracks:
- R.S.V.P.
- Grazin' In The Grass
- More Than You Know
- Shake It Up
- Central Ave.
- Love's Like That
- Song For My Father
- Chain Reaction
- The Stars Above
- Grazin' In The Grass (Can You Dig It? Vocal)
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From Bob James and David Sanborn's Grammy-winning Double Vision to George Benson and Earl Klugh's Collaboration, Warner Bros. Records has released some of the greatest duo projects in smooth jazz. With Rick Braun and Boney James's Shake It Up, the label's tandem projects have hit a new plateau, pairing Braun's jazzy trumpet sensibilities with James's ultra-funk saxophone dynamics. The album title reflects the way the two bounce off and drive each other to artistic heights beyond either's typical solo work. The two horns dance over a shuffle beat and simmering blues keyboard textures on the opening track, "RSVP," first soaring in perfect unison, then breaking for back-and-forth conversation between James's lower smoky tone and Braun's higher-pitched crackling. Their musical chatter builds slowly, culminating in a powerful end chorus. Similarly celebratory are two versions (one vocal) of the jubilant horn hit "Grazin' in the Grass," which features the two swaying as one over jumpy retro guitar and keyboard parts, then blasting off into percussive improvisations. The disc's gentler moments are equally remarkable, notably the silky "More Than You Know" (in which Braun introduces a tender thought and waits for James to complete it) and a smoky, gently grooving cover of Horace Silver's "Song for My Father." --Jonathan WidranCustomer Reviews:
The Best.......2007-01-11
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I Love Boney but this combo is absolutel great .......2005-02-01
The combo for Boney's Sax folowed up with Rick's Horn is truly wondefull. 1+1 = 2 Man! check it out
Oh Yea.......2004-05-03
One of the Best.......2004-02-20
First off, even though it is "smooth" or "contemporary jazz" and is played at a very high level, this music is surprisingly accessible. Simply great hooks, fattt beats, and a collaborative vibe that is infectious.
Moreover, the cover art and liner notes are tastefully done, as is the clever title.
Very much a genre benchmark.
Boney James + RIck Braun = EXCELLENT.......2004-01-02
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D.I.Y.: Shake It Up: American Power Pop II (1978-80)
Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000008F4O Release Date: 1993-02-16 |
Tracks:
- Shake It Up (Ain't It Time) - Cryers
- I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Rubinoos
- (I Thought) You Wanted to Know - Chris Stamey, The dB's
- First One [*] - Gary Valentine
- Love You Tonight [*] - Prix
- Giving It All [*] - 20
- Tell It to Carrie - The Romantics
- Tomorrow Night - Shoes
- Yellow Pills - 20, 20/20
- Walking Out on Love [*] - The Beat
- Too Late - Shoes
- Work-A-Day World - The Beat
- Waiting for the Night [*] - The Pop
- You Got It (Release It) - Pearl Harbour & the Explosions
- Stay in Time - Off Broadway,
- What I Like About You - The Romantics
- Zero Hour - The Plimsouls
- I Like Girls - Know
- Tell That Girl to Shut Up - Holly, Holly & the Italians,
Customer Reviews:
great pop tunes for aficionados.......2006-04-25
all the majors contribution are there, the shoes, the paul collins beat etc. anyway this one must be have more succes than he deserve!
well you can buy with confidence! trust!!!
A few songs worth having on CD........2005-03-12
It is worth buying for The Cryers, The Rubinoos, 20/20, The Shoes, Chris Stamey and the dBs early single, the Plimsouls - Zero Hour is great, and who wouldn't want Holly and the Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut Up. If you already have most of these songs from your other records don't bother buying this one since the rest here are easily forgettable.
I would get Lost Weekend: A Celebration of Australia instead.
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Shake It Up
Memory Dean Manufacturer: Zomba ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000003CML Release Date: 2001-02-01 |
Tracks:
- I Should've Known
- Best Of My Life
- So Complicated
- What Ever Happened To You
- The Sun Will Rise Again
- New Point Of View
- Pain
- Big Let Go
- Every Now And Then
- Ghost
- Nothing I Say
- Screaming From The Towers
- Dying To Live
Customer Reviews:
When you need to hear something that is never on the radio.......2000-09-17
Memory Dean's "Shake It Up" brings in the greatness of pop music you rarely hear anywhere else. Originally from Atlanta, I know about this rocking Georgia band and I thought I should let more know: this is a really good listening CD. Bringing together the flavor and styles of U2 and Drivin N Cryin and so many other cool bands, how could this not be a good combination?
This CD is worth buying. Pick it up.
Excellent culmination of acoustic sound, and electricity.......1999-07-11
A must have to round out your sounds.......1999-04-13
A great listen, very talented group.......1998-07-09
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Shake It Up! With Fruits and Veggies
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007G8X0Q |
Product Description
Tracks: 1. Shine 'Em Up! Keely Hawkes with the Shepherd & Lang Kids 2. Put A Little Sunshine In Your Mouth - James B. Coffey 3. We Will Fly Across The Sky - Meeka & Her Cool Cousins 4. Five A Day - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer 5. I Wanna Eggplant - Stephen Patman 6. Tropical Fruit - Kelly & John Fumo 7. Gotta Eat More Fruit - Lori Moitie & Renard (RJ) Johnson 8. Eat A Rainbow - Cindy O'Connor 9. Fruit Boogie - Laura Freeman 10. Nature's Candy - Simon Gwilliam 11. Take Good Care of Yourself - Fred Koch & The Lil' Cow Band 12. Every Day of the Week - Steve Lorentzen & Eric Pagan 13. I Go Bananas - Monty Harper 14. Fruity Frambaloozie - Shana Banana 15. Veggie Rap - Wanye, Noriko & Ellington Peet 16. Peppers - Chris Buckley 17. I'll Take Them Anyway You Make Them - Chance Scoggins
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Shake It Up
Guanabatz Manufacturer: Jappin-N-Rockin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000007ZB6 Release Date: 2003-02-21 |
Tracks:
- Shake It Up
- Electra Glide in Blue [Live]
- Slippin' In [Live]
- King Rat [Live]
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Shake It Up: Exotic Bellydance Performances
Various Artists Manufacturer: Hollywood Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EZMPEA Release Date: 2006-03-21 |
Tracks:
- Samah Innoba
- Zeina - Cairo Orchestra
- Ahlan Setrak - Setrak Sarkissian
- Hani - Cairo Orchestra
- Ala Dalona
- Zen Arabiana - Mosavo
- Et Dalla
- Solo Tabla
- Laylet Hob - Andelus Ensemble
- Abart al Shat - Setrak Sarkissian
- Al Heyla
- Badawiyya's Teasing - Setrak Sarkissian
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Eat the Night
Crimson Sweet Manufacturer: Shake It (Hepcat) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BZIT34 Release Date: 2005-12-06 |
Tracks:
- Copper Flashes
- Wrong Way
- Disowned
- Blood Transfusion
- Lady Linda on Fridays
- Night
- Waste You, Taste You
- Boulevard
- I Need It Bad
- Falcon
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Kicks/Shake It Up
Paul Revere & the Raiders Manufacturer: Magic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BYKANM Release Date: 2006-02-06 |
Tracks:
- Kicks
- Shake It Up
- Him Or Me What's Gonna Be
- Legend Of
Album Description
Digipak single from the French label Magic Records features the title track backed with ''Shake It Up', 'Him Or Me What's Gonna Be' & 'Legend Of'. 2006.Album Details
Digitally Remastered Reissue of a Four Track EP that Appeared in France by the 60's Band Fronted by Mark Lindsay featuring One of their Biggest Pop Hits, the Anti-drug Song "Kicks".Pop Music:
