Adam: Giselle excerpts

Advantages: Hear the songs and specially written score again! Sing along!
Disadvantages: Songs separated from the score; you need to program CD player to relive experience.

...for the CD to arrive, and looking up the Soundtrack on Ciao! was that Ciao had got the details wrong again, as the songs were listed first, and then the sections from the original score. Looking up similar details on IMdB gave a different list of songs, although IMdB did mention that their list might be different than what would be available on the OST, as they derive their list of songs from the film credits, and some songs would not be available on OST due to copyright restrictions. When my package arrived, I took out the CD and put it on to play. The beginning was delightful, with the introduction to TRUE LOVE'S KISS starting with a "mini-overture" and the half-talking, half-singing, discussion between the animated character Giselle (voiced by Amy Adams) and her animated woodland friends, before breaking fully into the song. She... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: strong songs
Disadvantages: could have been more varied

...Bryan Adams has been making albums for an age now and you worry if anything he releases will represent anything significantly different to warrant a purchase. This album is certainly more of the same from Adams, and as such nothing really stands out but all the songs are good and easy to listen to. The very familiar soft rock style is evident throughout, but Adams does add a greater element of pop making a lot of the tunes that more catchier for example in the excellent ?When You?re Gone? with Mel C. There are also a fair number of slower moving ballads in line with Adams previous work such as ?Cloud Number Nine? and the soothing ?Inside Out.? This is another good album from Adams, not outstanding, but he shows that he still knows how to make music.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average not helpful

Advantages: Some well written songs
Disadvantages: Not as good as the others.

...'Into the fire' is a CD containing 10 songs. The songs are well written and have good meaning but still this CD is my least favourite of the whole Bryan Adams collection. Most of the songs are mellow, slow and thoughtprovoking but poor in the style that Bryan Adams is associated with. I'm not sure why this CD consisted of these type of tracks, only than to speculate on a certain amount of disillutionment or new direction tried. Some people may like the CD but I think the Bryan Adams purist would not.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful