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
Advantages: Some brilliant music Disadvantages: Depends on your taste.
...A few years ago I received Classics 2002 and I have thoroughly enjoyed it.
As I write this review I am listening to it through my headphones and find it quite amusing as when the music goes fast or slow I am typing to the speed.
To begin this is a double album featuring a variety of artists and before I start I must add that I am not a fan of women singers in this genre and there are a few women singers on these C.D's. To be perfectly honest there are very few of these tracks that I actually dislike. I do prefer the first C.D .but there are some enjoyable pieces for me on the second one too. This was a very worthwhile present and I still listen to it now which means it must be good.
The inlay lists all the tracks and shows the front of the albums the tracks have been taken from.
When I heard the C.D. for the first time I...
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Advantages: Cheese-tastic! Disadvantages: Embarrassing to admit you have a copy...
...Christmas comes but once a year – and so does the deluge of Greatest Hits compilations flooding the shops. There was a time when you had to have been around for at least ten years to get a greatest hits compilation – these days the record companies are simply waiting for their signings to have at least 12 singles so that they can cash in on the lucrative Christmas market. Not so with Bananarama. It may make you feel rather old if I tell you that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the girls’ debut single, so there is some justification in the release of (another, albeit updated) greatest hits compilation.
When I was at school I was a big fan of Bananarama. Their peak in sales and popularity probably occurred in the late 1980s when they were taken under the wing of Stock Aitken and Waterman, and this was when I...
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Advantages: Great tracks, good value for money, lots of popular tracks Disadvantages: None
...appearing on the second disc.
The album features far too many songs to go through each one in particular, as followers of my opinions will have known me to do in the past, however, I am going to list the songs for your benefit, and, if you want any more information, the URL given on the album sleeve is http://www.dancesite.com
If you are going to buy this album anyway, then you are more than likely going to know all (or most) of the titles on the album anyway, so there isn't a great deal of point in doing it.
Here is Disc One:
1. Spice Girls - Holler
2. Britney Spears - Oops, I Did It Again
3. Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
4. Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
5. Madison Avenue - Who The Hell Are You
6. Fatboy Slim - Sunset (Bird of Prey)
7. Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Radio Edit)
8. Architechs featuring Nana - Body Groove (Zed Bias...
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