Amnesty For Bonny, An/Things On A Sunny Day - Robert Andrews

Advantages: Catchy songs
Disadvantages: None really

...Earlier today when I was going through all my old CDs trying to decide which ones to get rid of I found the soundtrack to the movie The Commitments and that instantly took me back more than ten years. The movie with the same name (which in turn is based on a novel by the famous Irish writer Roddy Doyle) is about a group of young people in Ireland who decide to put a band together, and even though this is not a review about the film it is near impossible to write a review of the soundtrack without mentioning the film, especially in this case as the film and the music are so closely connected. One of the things that made The Commitments such a success is the voice of Andrew Strong, the lead singer in the group. It's a well known fact that he was only 16 years old when the movie, and subsequently the album, was made which to this day I... Read review

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Advantages: Some decent Southern blues
Disadvantages: Too technical and not enough feeling

...they were getting known in the music business, having come to the attention of both Eric Clapton and George Harrison, sales success had not followed. Add Clapton's name, however, and that success was to follow, giving Delaney and Bonnie their first Top 30 album. The legacy was not to be long lasting, however, as Delaney and Bonnie had gone their separate ways three years after the album was released and Clapton is still going strong nearly thirty years later. It's not terribly difficult to see why the band didn't do so well. The opening track "Things Get Better" has all the ingredients to be a decent enough soul track, with an upbeat horn section and a funky bass line, but it just never seems to work. The whole thing feels a little lacklustre, almost as if it's a band playing soul music by the numbers, rather than from the heart. I suspect... Read review

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Advantages: Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Alan Jay Lerner's lyrics, Frederick Loewe's music-most of it.
Disadvantages: Some shopworn, predictable tunes and weak orchestrations.

...covers the shattering of the utopian kingdom (a very small one, really) of Camelot, destroyed by utterly human frailty, nothing more. The doomed romantic triangle comprise King Arthur, Queen Guenevere and Sir Lancelot du Lac, respectively played in the original Broadway production by Richard Burton, Julie Andrews (fresh from her success in 'My Fair Lady') and Robert Goulet. This recording dates from 1960, and while times have changed since then, the musical today still charms and pleases. The characters. King Arthur. At the beginning we meet the lighter side of King Arthur, a man who is supposed to be a courageous knight. His royal knees 'banging together,' he goes to his wedding 'terrified with fright,' a medieval case of prenuptial nerves in 'I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight.' He adores Guenevere, and hopes he does right by her... Read review

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