Get Along [CD-single] [Import]

1. Get Along

2. Rocket (Demo Version)

3. Precious (Live Version)

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Average customer rating: You will love these guys! Familiar--in a good way instant pop classic Buy This Album! The latest Target commercial song

Over and Over The 88 Manufacturer: Mootron 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: Kind of Light The Magic Numbers Oh No Broken Boy Soldiers Fox Confessor Brings the Flood ASIN: B000A2H4PM Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

1. Hide Another Mistake
2. All 'Cause Of You
3. Nobody Cares
4. Bowls
5. Head Cut Off
6. Battle Scar
7. Coming Home
8. You Belong To Me
9. Haunt You
10. Jesus Is Good
11. Everybody Loves Me
12. Not Enough

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The 88 have a lot of believers on its side, causing a big enough stir in the local LA scene to attract the attention of TV shows like The O.C. and Jimmy Kimmel as well as KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Singing with a sensual Marc Bolan-like set of pipes, singer Keith Slettedahl has a long list of ex-lovers who fuel his caustic muse. Doing the majority of the songwriting as well, Slettedahl's music leans toward mid-'60s power pop filled with hooky choruses and taunt riffs that recall early Kinks. "Hide Another Mistake" is a prime example of this aesthetic, and it's already been picked as a single, yet "All 'Cause Of You" has an emotional vulnerability to the vocals and a jaunty riff that rams the equally strong song home. Well-balanced with a few quieter acoustic songs, this sophomore effort is an assured and altogether catchy work from a band that deserves all the attention it gets. -- Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

You will love these guys!.......2007-06-18

The mark of a good sound is you can't get it out of your head. These songs are so snappy and catchy that you will be caught! Great melodies, lyrics and they will play "over and over" in your head...you will love it! This CD is awesome and these great musicians are on the cusp of taking the music world by storm.

Familiar--in a good way.......2007-02-05

I first heard "Coming Home" during the ending credits in the movie "Surviving Christmas" with Ben Afflect and I thought it was Paul McCartney singing. That's how most of this CD sounds--very familiar which is a good thing. You'll think of the 60's--the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Lovin' Spoonful and so on. This is the kind of CD you play while you're cleaning the house or working in the garage--it keeps you moving and there are plenty of songs you can sing along with.

instant pop classic.......2006-11-19

One song was all it took, and I was a pop music obsessed 13-year old again.
It's a sing-real-loud-in-your-car collection of perfect tunes.
Live, this band has what it takes.
I agree with a previous review that "Nobody Cares" is a great kiss-off song.

Buy This Album!.......2006-08-31

I took a chance and ordered this album after hearing them on a late night talk show. I liked their sound so much I just immediately got online and ordered this from Amazon. I'm so glad I did. It's a fantastic CD. I really have listened to it OVER AND OVER! Then I bought their other CD and like it just as much, if not more. Can't wait for the next CD to come out. Buy it. You'll like it.

The latest Target commercial song.......2006-05-19

With just a little research, I found that The 88's song, "Coming Home" is used in a currently running Target department store television ad. My wife thought it was Paul McCartney, but while the song has a style that is McCartney-esque, The 88's do have their own sound that is distinctive indeed. They have a "smart"(as in crisp, tight, focused - not sloppy) style of making music.

Catchy and fun, enjoyable without being syrupy, unpretentious but clever, wickedly talented and simply just a GREAT pop sound are words that come to mind when I think of this band and this CD.

Average customer rating: Y'all are crazy! Liz Callaway Goes On... Liz Callaway SOARS! ....Love this album too! Unknown Talent Sings Unknown and Known Broadway Songs

The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On & Off Broadway Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Anywhere I Wander - Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser The Beat Goes On Sibling Revelry Ann Hampton Callaway Bring Back Romance ASIN: B00005B176 Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

1. You There in the Back Row
2. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
3. Since You Stayed Here
4. Knowing When to Leave/Promises Promises
5. Where Is Love? (with Billy Porter)
6. Meadowlark
7. Sleepy Man
8. Our Time (with Ann Hampton Callaway)
9. I Got the Sun in the Morning
10. Stop, Time
11. One Boy
12. Marry Me a Little
13. The Story Goes On
14. A Place Called Home

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Broadway veteran Liz Callaway (most famous for her five-year stint as Grizabella in Cats on Broadway in the late '90s) fills her second solo album with lesser-known tunes, a number of them covering moments in her career. Her lovely soprano can break your heart with the ballad "Since You Stayed Here" then thrill you with the showstopper "The Story Goes On" from Baby (which earned her a Tony nomination). The emotional heart of the album is "Meadowlark," Stephen Schwartz's wondrous tale of risk and heartbreak that proves a particularly glorious marriage with Callaway's voice. In a savvy bit of programming, that peak is followed by the deliciously langorous "Sleepy Man." Callaway's sister, jazz/cabaret singer Ann Hampton Callaway, makes a guest appearance in Stephen Sondheim's powerful "Our Time," a teaser of the sisters' live collaboration. Of Varese Sarabande's many albums spotlighting Broadway singers, The Story Goes On is one of their absolute best. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

Y'all are crazy!.......2006-11-03

The Billy Porter duet is one of the most unique and thrilling songs on the cd. What a fantastic re-invention of that song. And their voices by themselves and together are glorious. Its all personal taste and by no means is that the only good song. Its probably THE best solo cd by a broadway artist. Incredible!

Liz Callaway Goes On..........2006-05-02

Liz Callaway has one of the most enthralling voices around. Her voice is melodious and very soothing and especially shines in soft and subdued ballads. She doesn't have a big voice but she has an amazing range and sense of melody.

She opens the album with a strong rendition of "You There in the Back Row" a song I'm not familiar with but has grown to love. The next track "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair" lacks the spunk and bite that I think the song should have, and the arrangement felt out of place in the album.

She had a touching and moving rendition of `Since You Stayed Here". I'm not familiar with the musical Brownstone but this song made me want to check out the musical. It's about someone forced to become a stronger person after a breakup or some sort, that you wouldn't recognize it's the same person. I really love this song and Liz captured the strength as well as the sadness of the song.

Another standout is her now trademark version of "Meadowlark". The story of the meadowlark was a metaphor that convinced the character to the important decision she made in leaving her husband for another man. This is a really powerful song and truly Liz Callaway soared in this song. "Sleepy Man" was another notable track. This is probably the song that fits Liz Callaway's voice most perfectly. It was very sweet and really really soothing in the ears. This is one of my favorite tracks.

"Stop Time" is a song about the inexplicable combination of joy and sadness of watching your child grow up. It was a tender rendition that ends with a beautiful subdued last note. This woman knows how to end a song.

Once I got passed the cheesiness of the arrangement of "One Boy", I enjoyed it. It's old fashioned but it's still good. Liz then made an updated rendition of "The Story Goes On" from her show "Baby" This song was about a mother-to-be finally realizing the beauty and magic of carrying a child after she felt the child's first kick. I prefer the stronger arrangement of the song in this album compared to the Baby Cast Recording, but the innocence of that earlier rendition still resonates.

She ended the album with a beautiful rendition of "A Place Called Home". I first heard this song in one of Lea Salonga's concerts and I fell in love with this song. Her last note was very touching and melodiously and heartbreakingly romantic.

Grade= A

Liz Callaway SOARS!.......2005-06-27

Wow! I love this cd! I went to a camp in Decatur, Illinois called Showchoir Camps of America. One night, as our evening entertainment, she performed this entire album!! That afternoon Ms. Liz came for a question and answer session with Phil Reno. She is such a down to earth person and sooo very talented! At the concert, I started to cry! During one song, Ms. Liz forgot the words to a song ( actually, I forgot what the song was called!), so she just made up some words to it!! If you want a TRUELY talented performer, Liz Callaway is the one for you!

....Love this album too!.......2004-08-18

I love this album. There are a few songs I kinda skip, because it was just weird. That song being "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair", weird. I loved the duet "Where is Love" from the musical Oliver. "Stop,Time" from the musical BIG (grab your puffs!). I enjoyed the 50's sounding "One Boy!" from Bye,Bye Birdie. Liz has a wonderful range, and flattering childish tone to her voice, reaching notes that would take me years of training to ever reach again! She has complied all these exciting songs and ends the album with "A Place Called Home", from A Christmas Carol. I could never give her enough praise. If you like Strisand, and Sintra, you'll love her too! :-) Liz is always shinning when she sings! Enjoy!

Unknown Talent Sings Unknown and Known Broadway Songs.......2003-06-10

... I thought I recognized the voice but I couldn't quite place it. I finally realized that she was the singing voice of Anastacia in the animated movie. Meg Ryan was the speaking voice. Liz Callaway has one of the clearest voices I have ever heard and also a very strong voice. I love her rendition of Knowing When to Leave/Promises, Promises by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Great arrangements. Dionne Warwick, who I am also a fan of covered Promises, and the Carpenters sang a version of Knowing When to Leave. I'm also a Carpenters' fan. On this album all the songs are Broadway. Many I hadn't heard before but love now due to Liz. The first song, You There in the Backrow is a tribute to fans of shows. "Watch me sing my song for you" the words go. Liz makes you want to jump to your feet. Liz does a rendition of I' Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair from South Pacific, rock version. I can't say that's my favorite, but favorite to one of my friends. Since You Stayed Here, another unknown song to me, is quiet and hauntingly beautiful. Bette Midler does a version of this I think on her CD with From a Distance. She sings a duet with her sister, Ann Hampton Callaway who sings on Sibling Revelry with Liz. Ann wrote and sang the theme from The Nanny. The song Liz and Callaway and here sister does is Our Time. It's also on Sibling Revelry. Great duet. One of my favorites on the CD is Marry Me a Little by Stephen Sondheim. The words are a plea to marry me, a little. The song is an almost a desperate plea to marry me but you don't have to make promises you don't want to, an open marriage? Make a few demands a few that I'm able to fulfill. She sings I'm ready. We won't have to give up a thing, we'll stay who we are the words say. Someone I'm Ready. I would give this song 5 stars on its own. It makes me cry because she sounds like she will settle but at the same time she wants the love fully. The arrngements on this album are unique. She sings I've Got the Sun in the Morning from Annie Get Your Gun jazzy. Most of the other songs on the album are not known by most people. I can only say that Liz makes you want to see these shows and she pulls you in. I think I've become her biggest fan. I'm a singer too. I could see myself singing with her. I have her The Beat Goes On album too with sixties hits. I hope that people will get to know her because if you haven't heard this or her voice, you are going to be deprived of a remarkale clear strong voice. Buy this. I promise you won't be sorry! One more addition, Meadowlark. Spectacular! The story tells of someone hesitating because the time wasn't right and she learns from the story to live your life, climb every mtn.

Average customer rating: Crossover at Its Best If Dawn Upshaw had made only one album... Great songs by a better than average singer. Buy It. A must album for all musical theatre lovers. Timeless recording

I Wish It So soprano Dawn Upshaw , Marc Blitzstein , Eric Stern , Stephen Sondheim , Kurt Weill , Leslie Stifelman , Leonard Bernstein , and Matthias Naegele Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Blitzstein | Blitzstein, Marc | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Upshaw, Dawn | ( U ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers & Hart Dawn Upshaw Sings Vernon Duke Angels Hide Their Faces: Dawn Upshaw Sings Bach and Purcell Voices of Light Long Time Ago - Copland / Dawn Upshaw & Thomas Hampson ASIN: B000005J2V Release Date: 1994-08-02

Tracks:

1. I Wish It So
2. There Won't Be Trumpets - Sondheim
3. What More Do I Need? - Sondheim
4. That's Him
5. The Girls Of Summer - Sondheim
6. The Saga Of Jenny
7. Like It Was
8. Stay Well
9. I Feel Pretty
10. Glitter And Be Gay
11. My Ship
12. In The Clear
13. Never Get Lost - Take Me To The World
14. My New Friends - Bernstein

Amazon.com essential recording

With a spirit of innocence and excitement, no audible breaks of register, and perfect diction, Dawn Upshaw graces us with a satisfying crossover recording in which each song is a fully realized musical monologue. The eclectic and infrequently performed repertoire, from Bernstein, Blitzstein, Sondheim, and Weill, compliments her charm and interpretive acuity. There's her humorous "Saga of Jenny," her adorable "That's Him," her poignant "Like It Was," and her freshly vibrant "I Feel Pretty." Conductor Eric Stern is divine in his arrangements and accompaniment. This is one of the best musical theater albums available. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Crossover at Its Best.......2006-11-15

"I Wish It So" is the CD that first introduced the exceptional "crossover" talents of soprano Dawn Upshaw. The album, which comprises (mostly) little-heard songs by Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, opens with the title number, a lyrical gem from Blitzstein's JUNO, and continues with Sondheim's vibrant "There Won't Be Trumpets," in which Upshaw, rather than belting, lets her voice ring. She then slam-dunks Sondheim's "What More Do I Need," a truly raucous number. Other highlights include the two songs from Weill's LADY IN THE DARK: the haunting ballad "My Ship" and the witty "The Saga of Jenny," presented here in a superb jazz arrangement. The sound of Upshaw's lower middle voice in this number is thrilling. Her combining of Blizstein's "Never Get Lost" and Sondheim's soaring, life-affirming "Take Me to the World" is perfect, as is her musical yet emotional rendition of "Like It Was" from Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. The album climaxes with the mock-coloratura aria "Glitter and Be Gay" from Bernstein's CANDIDE, in which Upshaw scales the heights with consistently pure and beautiful tone. In a day when many great opera singers attempt, unsuccessfully, to sing "popular" song, "I Wish It So" is an example of crossover at its very best. It is a CD that no one who loves both opera and musicals should miss.

If Dawn Upshaw had made only one album..........2006-08-24

I have a weak spot for crossover albums by opera stars, which can often be train wrecks or embarrissing self-parodies. There's not a cringe-worthy note in this one, however. Dawn Upshaw has never been as vibrant on disc, and her style in pop music (albeit serious pop music) surpasses expectations. She is a master at touching vulnerability and stars-in-her-eyes vulnerability. There's no current Broadway star who can match her in any of these songs form Sondheim, Weill, and Bernstein, certainly not for sheer beauty of voice and charm. Upshaw went on to make an excellent album of Rodgers and Hart songs, but nothing else quite matches this first effort.

Great songs by a better than average singer. Buy It........2006-04-24

'I Wish It So' sung by popular / classical switch hitter, Dawn Upshaw is a very, very good interpretation of classical American musical theatre pieces by four masters of the genre, Leonard Bernstein (music), Marc Blitzstein (lyrics), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) and Kurt Weill (music). As I am most familiar with female interpretations of Kurt Weill's songs, especially by the likes of his widow, Lotte Lenya and Weill interpreter extraordinare, Ute Lemper, I have to say that while Upshaw does them justice, she does ont outshine the very best Weill interpretations. Primarily, I believe she suffers from never actually performing the works on stage, as Lenya has.

And, since Ute Lemper did an album with a similar collection of songs (Illusions) from Sondheim and others, I thing Lemper still has the edge on interpreting other composers as well.

On the positive side, I find Upshaw's interpretation as good or better than almost everyone else who makes a career out of these songs, such as, dare I say it, Barbra Streisand. This is a good thing, because I believe Upshaw is not up to the very best mezzos who share her classical works. She can't hold a candle, for example, to Renee Fleming or Anne Sofie von Otter, although her interpretations of Weill are as good as von Otter, just not as good as Lenya and Lemper.

A very, very nice album if you like female vocalists.

A must album for all musical theatre lovers........2005-04-21

Dawn Upshaw once again disproves the adage that opera singers can't sing showtunes properly. Her diction, her ability to act out the lyrics and her crystal clear angel-like voice are just heavenly. Miss Upshaw could teach quite a few Broadway and Cabaret singers a thing or two about interpretation and she would have her hands full teaching opera singers like Te Kanawa or Fleming how to put over a showtune properly. Simply divine!

Timeless recording.......2004-07-20

This is an endlessly rewarding album by an operatic soprano who demonstrates an expressiveness and range rare in crossover albums of this sort. Upshaw modifies her classical technique without compromising it, narrating with a conversational tone and youthful ebullience well-suited to musical theater. She continues her tradition of championing obscure American art songs with three gorgeous Blitzstein pieces, and wisely avoids the standard, overdone Sondheim showpieces in favor of several gorgeous lesser-known songs. "I Feel Pretty" is given a refreshing makeover, while "Glitter and Be Gay" demonstrates both her impressive vocal control and comedic prowess. Despite the odd choice of "There Won't Be Trumpets", which demands a belter to properly execute the climax, this album is a well-conceived and cohesive collection that becomes more enjoyable on each subsequent listen.

Average customer rating: Wow! Everyone Should Whistle An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master Beautiful, moving concert ... and I love Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001) Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Barbara Cook's Broadway! Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests Tribute It's Better with a Band The Champion Season: Live at the Cafe Carlyle ASIN: B000059LFF Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

1. Everybody Says Don't
2. I Wonder What Became of Me?
3. The Eagle and Me
4. I Had Myself a True Love
5. Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
6. Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
7. Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
8. Happiness
9. Loving You
10. You Could Drive a Person Crazy
11. Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

1. Buds Won't Bud
2. I Got Lost in His Arms
3. West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
4. Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
5. Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
6. Ice Cream
7. Send in the Clowns
8. The Trolley Song
9. Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
10. Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

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Songbird of the South Kate Smith Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Kate Smith The Columbia Years 1940-1946 The Encore Collection Two Dozen Roses The Voice of America ASIN: B00006RSMJ Release Date: 2003-01-21

Average customer rating: Interpretación Exquisita You must buy this! Very, very, very (did I mention Very?) good!

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Tracks:

1. Chanson d'amour
2. Now Those Days Are Gone
3. La valse a mille temps (The Waltz In 1000-Time)
4. Con amores, la mia madre (With Loving, My Mother)
5. Who is Sylvia?
6. Chitarra d'amor (Guitar of Love)
7. I Get Along Without You Very Well
8. All I Ask Of You
9. Dein Herzlein mild (Your Gentle Heart)
10. My Romance
11. She's Like The Swallow
12. Quand tu dors pres de moi (When You Sleep Next To Me)
13. Love's Philosophy
14. Alice In Wonderland
15. Plaisir d'amour (The Pleasure Of Love)
16. If Music Be The Food Of Love
17. Le Papillon et la fleur (The Butterfly and the Flower)
18. Lydia
19. Phyllis Is My Only Joy
20. Wenn ich in deinen Augen seh' (When I Look Into Your Eyes)
21. Down With Love

Customer Reviews:

Interpretación Exquisita.......2001-12-28

Es dificil dejar de sentir admiración por este extraordinario ensamble vocal Inglés. Su capacidad interpetativa es amplísima y la forma en que sus voces se acoplan es inmaculada.En este disco interpretan arreglos de canciones de amor (y tambien de desamor) de diferentes épocas y compositores.TODO el disco es una mágnifica experiencia musical :el humor de "Chitarra d'amor",la belleza de "She's like the swallow" o el dulce desencanto de "Quand tu dors près de moi"; mencionando algunos ejemplos.
La unica objeción que tengo es que el no esten integrados todos los textos en el librillo del CD.
Yo recomendaría a cualquier amante de la música a escuchar este CD lo mas pronto posible.

You must buy this!.......2001-02-22

There's not much I can say about this album. It's perfect. Completely a cappella, it shows off everything that make the King's Singers one of the world's most masterful vocal ensembles. My two personal favorite tracks are "She's Like the Swallow" and "If Music Be the Food of Love." The solo on "She's Like the Swallow," a sad Canadian folksong, is very beautiful. Tracks such as "La valse a mille temps" and "Down With Love" add a certain amount of humor to the collection.I do not regret purchasing this album in any way. It represents some of the best work that the King's Singers have to offer. You must buy it.

Very, very, very (did I mention Very?) good!.......1999-10-22

A wonderful selection, beautifully performed! Some of these songs I have wanted to hear and own for so long!

An Silvia (Schubert) = Who is Sylvia: they sing a voice-only arrangement that is arguably an improvement of Schubert (okay, pax, you purists). As you may know, this is a setting by Schubert of a poem by Shakespeare. It is just marvellous.

In my estimation, this CD is worth getting for Sylvia alone.

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Average customer rating: Can't get enough Why I LOVE this CD... Jamie, you're a genius

My Daddy Is Scratchy Jamie Broza Manufacturer: Good Mood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Educational | Children's Music | Styles | Music Stories | Children's Music | Styles | Music Sing-A-Longs | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bad Mood Mom I Love My Shoes Meltdown! Way Out House Party ASIN: B0009W5JRS Release Date: 2005-06-14

Tracks:

1. Grow A Beard?
2. My Daddy Is Scratchy
3. I Met A Vegetable I Didn't Like
4. Street Singing?
5. Stop It Dad You're Embarrassing Me
6. Mommy Is A Dynamo
7. Newshour At WBBC
8. Where Mistletoe Hangs (There Hangs Not I)
9. Time To Go
10. Be Nice To Old People
11. I Get Really Mad
12. I Can't Go To School Today
13. Snacks
14. The Daddy Book
15. The Rhyme Song
16. You've Got The Nose
17. Do I Have To?
18. Bonus Track 1

Album Description

The Platonic ideal that all children's music should aspire to is quite simple: It must be as enjoyable for Mom and Dad as it is for the younger set. So simple, yet so elusive. When an artist hits this balance square on the head, as Jamie Broza does on My Daddy Is Scratchy, it's a cause for celebration. Charming yet never sentimental, respectful rather than patronizing to kids and their concerns, this collection of fun -- and wise -- songs speaks the language of children while being set to creative music intended to hold the attention of the "mature" listener ... In other words: A winning kid's album that parents will actually look forward to playing.

Customer Reviews:

Can't get enough.......2006-03-12

My 3 year old begs to listen at every meal. The songs are funny & easy to sing along to over & over.

Why I LOVE this CD..........2005-12-12

My boys - 7 and 5 - will not let me stop playing this. What I like is that their favorite songs keep changing, and that they are learning to appreciate this record in layers. That's rare, and that's exactly the kind of musical experience I'm trying to encourage them to have.

Here's what I like about it: an amazing range of diverse music, and song style & arrangements that are encompassing enough to include kids singing along, a British rapper, as well as a bosa-nova beat .

The vegetable song even helped get my younger one to try every vegetable mentioned in the song! And he's been eating broccoli ever since!!!

I would recommend this CD to anyone with kids 4 through 9 or 10 - beyond the "kiddie" kiddie stuff, but still open to music that isn't on MTV. It's smart and hip, in a warm way, and most of all, funny in a very human, real way that (it would seem to me) anyone who likes that kind of stuff would relate to.

Jamie, you're a genius.......2005-09-20

We stumbled on your tunes on a music service while looking for another "Jamie" and heard a few the other day getting ready for work. Tonight we listened to all of "My Daddy Is Scratchy" while eating dinner with our kids, Andrew (12) Samuel (8) and Lillianne (3). We all laughed til our sides hurt. My 12 year old told me those songs were ripped straight from his journal. Thanks for crafting the perfect soundtrack for a sophisticated kid's journey to being a cool old person...

Let us know if you ever come to Fort Worth... (we don't set foot in Dallas. Eeewwww)

- From Wade and Kelley Jackson,
Andrew, Sam and Lillianne.
The Real Jackson 5

Average customer rating: Knockout EP mayday! A sampler of songs

I Get Along The Libertines Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: What Became of the Likely Lads Can't Stand Me Now/Never Never/All at Sea Don't Look Back Can't Stand Me Now/Cyclops/Dilly Billy For Lovers ASIN: B0000AC8P0 Release Date: 2003-08-05

Tracks:

1. I Get Along
2. Don't Look Back into the Sun
3. Delaney
4. Mayday
5. Skag & Bone Man

Customer Reviews:

Knockout EP.......2005-12-28

This CD was my intro to the Libertines. I'd read about their guerrilla concerts and their lack of interest in signing with a big corporate label. They weren't exactly a household word in SF, but I figured they were worth a few bucks for a five-song EP.

The recording faced heavy competition -- my CD player has been dominated by PJ Harvey and Radiohead lately. But the Libertines held their own.

I haven't tracked the words on the EP -- it's the music that hooked me. It explodes out of the speakers. Like the Sex Pistols or the early Grateful Dead, the Libertines careen along the edge of musical disaster, always on the edge of a most un-musical breakdown. But in these five recordings, they dodge disaster and pull off some of the wildest rock and roll ever.

This EP is available used for rock-bottom prices -- no excuse to miss it.

mayday!.......2005-10-30

although i hated The Libertines second album (first one was ok), this little ep is a nice slab of their shambolic, messy, upbeat Clash-lite style of punk. the production is unique and full of little audio surprises (which kind of remind me of that underground lo-fi band Beatnik Filmstars), and these songs have a well written and well performed quality. it always amazes me how totally drunk and trashed that The Libertines sound on record. makes me wonder how much a mess it must really be to witness the band live in all their ragged glory. pretty cool.

A sampler of songs.......2004-07-01

I bought this awhile back. I had heard of the Libertines through friends and downloaded one song, which I fell in love with. This cd has 5 great songs on it. It's great way to be introduced to this band. The songs are clever and memorable and will have you singing along. But that doesn't mean this band doesn't rock hard.

Average customer rating:

This Is the Army & Call Me Mister Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006J9M1 Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. Overture: This Is The Army, Mr. Jones/I Left My Heart At The Stage Door/Canteen/That Russian Winter/This Is The Army, Mr. Jones (Reprise) - All-Soldier Chorus
2. This Is The Army, Mr. Jones - Irving Berlin & Chorus
3. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep - Private Stuart Churchill
4. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Corporal Earl Oxford
5. Dialog With Staff Sergent Ezra Stone, Corporal Philip Truex & Private Julie Oshins - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone
6. The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone
7. What The Well Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear - Corporal James 'Stump' Cross
8. How About A Cheer For The Navy - All-Soldier Chorus
9. American Eagles/With My Head In The Clouds - Soldier Chorus
10. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin
11. My British Buddy - Irving Berlin & Chorus
12. This Time - Cote Glee Club
13. Going Home Train - Lawrence Winters & Male Chorus
14. Along With Me - Danny Scholl
15. Little Surplus Me - Betty Garrett
16. The Red Ball Express - Male Quartet
17. Military Life - Harry Clark
18. Yuletide, Park Avenue - Betty Garrett
19. When We Meet Again - Paula Bane
20. The Face On The Dime - Lawrence Winters
21. South America, Take It Away - Betty Garrett
22. Call Me Mister - Bill Callaghan

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Can't We All Just Get Along Jr. Jesse Williams Manufacturer: Malaco Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001KWE Release Date: 1996-09-10

Tracks:

1. Your Blessing is on the Way
2. How Great Thou Art
3. Take Time to Praise Him
4. Can't We All Just Get Along?
5. Greater Love
6. Thou Shalt Be Saved
7. You Are Holy
8. I Surrender
9. Trade Your Problems in for Praise
10. Glory, Glory Hallelujah

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3. Grand Design [Import]
4. Guess at the Riddle [Import]
5. Hang on to a Dream
6. Here Comes The Fun
7. Here Come the Small Faces
8. Hits of the Sixties [Import]
9. Hold on Tight [Import]
10. Hunger Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]

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