As Time Goes By
With at least four albums of unheard Carpenters material already released, you'd have
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thought the well would surely be dry by now. Yet with As Time Goes By, Richard Carpenter digs up another batch of outtakes, demos and TV performances to delight the duo's legions of fans. A legendary perfectionist, he's eschewed the "warts and all" approach, and instead rearranged, remixed and often rerecorded the original backing tracks to lend that famous Carpenters smoothness to even the ropier TV efforts. Most interesting are the endearingly innocent garage versions of "Nowhere Man" and "California Dreamin'", recorded in 1967 when Karen was just 16, a sweet 1971 cover of Wildweeds' "And When He Smiles" and a pretty take on Kermit the Frog's classic "The Rainbow Connection". Elsewhere, there's a warm and loungey medley where Karen and Perry Como sing each other's songs, and a glorious duet with Ella Fitzgerald where "My Funny Valentine" and "Someone to Watch Over Me" are made to shine once more. Richard displays his keyboard virtuosity with "Dizzy Fingers" and a grand medley of sci-fi themes, and the only disappointment is a cover of "Dancing in the Street" where Karen fails to really capture the song's joyous mood. Despite this, it's a must for all fans of easy listening. --Dominic Wills
As Time Goes By
No stranger to covers, Bryan Ferry has often opted for classics from other times and
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places. As Time Goes By focuses on music largely from the 1930s and 40s and conjures that era's aura of fine cigars, satin gowns and gentlemanly romance. The opening title track summons images of Bogie and Ingrid and is one of the finest moments in the collection. The swanky versions of Nina Simone's signature "Love Me or Leave Me" and "I'm in the Mood for Love" (which has a faint Martin Denny overtone) are perfectly suited to Ferry's low-key vocals (he's no real crooner, let's face it). His talented band swings with fervour, especially on the upbeat tunes "The Way You Look Tonight", "Lover Come Back to Me" and "Just One of Those Things". There are a number of intimate, romantic moments, but the highlight is Ferry's take on "Falling in Love Again", first made famous way back when with devastating sadness by Marlene Dietrich. Ferry's version is almost as moving. --Lorry Fleming
Advantages: Great sound, great playing. Disadvantages: Not enough tracks.
...CHRIS SPEDDING BACKGROUND INFO
Chris Spedding - Guitarist/Bassist/Singer/Songwriter - is known as one of the U.K.'s most talented and versatile session guitarists, and has had a go at nearly every style of Rock & Roll (and some Jazz) during the course of his varied session work and on/off solo career.
His first instrument was a violin, but he started strumming and picking it like a guitar after hearing and being influenced by early Rock & Roll greats such as Bill Haley and the Comets, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochrane. Judging by the various Chris Spedding recordings I have heard, these influences seem to have stayed with him and have been vital in defining his style and sound.
He finally got a real guitar around age of 13 or 14. Chris was known as "Spud" at that time and formed his first...
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Advantages: Magnificent Disadvantages: You have to like real music
...Chris Rea has been putting out quality music for over quarter of a century, peaking in 1990 with The Road To Hell. There has, however, always been a feeling that much of his work was a compromise between his genuine musical inspirations and the commercial expectations of record companies. Not to understate the quality of past records. Simply that there was so much more to come.
While at times, such as part of the 1987 release Dancing With Strangers, he has found the bluesy roots in dramatic style, the influences of Ry Cooder, John Lee Hooker and the American Gospel sound have so often been hidden by the need to have a couple of hits from each album.
It took the near death experience of a failing pancreas, combined with the associated multiple surgery, for Rea to finally do what, I suspect, he has always wanted to do with an album...
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helpful 17.04.2003
Superb Review ofSean Nos Nua - Sinead O'Connorby
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...The title of the album incarne rebirth of Sinéad. A cure of youth which Sinéad O' Connor offers to these Irish traditional songs, by in particular making call for the production in Donal Leunny and Adrian Sherwood (Primal Scream, Massive Attack).
And which of other that the young woman could give to these songs the glare and the strength which they releases? The more so as the voice of Sinéad, recognizable between all, especially when it assembles the note which the echo broad answers ("Lord Franklin"), is the dreamed interpreter. The instrument even, would say one, so much this stamp bird which is it his is run and is based in the Celtic melodies come the night of times ("Molly Malone ", "Baidin Pheilimi").
Since Sinéad O' Connor records discs, it never made another thing that to express with pride its origins (it was born in Dublin...
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