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: Stunning melodies, stunning lyrics, stunning voice and stunning guitars. Disadvantages: There's not enough of it!
...James Taylor began to drift out of the mainstream music industry several years before I was even born, to be succeeded by artists like Joni Mitchell - with whom he played the Royal Albert Hall in 1970 - and John Denver. Taylor has long been considered unfashionable and outdated, if he is lucky enough to be remembered by the popular crowd at all. Be that as it may, the fact remains that it is to Taylor's Greatest Hits that I return over and over again. Taylor seems to have been forgotten as an individual artist - it's rare that you hear him played on the radio, these days - but he lives on as a legend, influencing much of modern folk-rock.
James Taylor is, quite simply, one of the most talented musicians ever to be recorded. Like Mark Knopfler - another artist he has worked successfully alongside - he has a very distinctive...
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...Queen are:
Freddie Mercury (Vocals, Piano)
Brian May (Guitars, vocals)
Roger Taylor (Drums, Vocals)
John Deacon (Bass)
The songs:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Another One Bites The Dust
3. Killer Queen
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. Bicycle Race
6. You're My Best Friend
7. Don't Stop Me Now
8. Save Me
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
10. Somebody To Love
11. Now I'm Here
12. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
13. Play The Game
14. Flash
15. Seven Seas Of Rhye
16. We Will Rock You
17. We Are The Champions
18. I'm In Love With My Car (different mix)
19. Under Pressure (Live 1982)
20. Tie Your Mother Down (Live 1982)...
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Advantages: Well crafted, unforgettable songs. Disadvantages: Don't let your fashionable neighbour hear you listening to it!
...and John Denver – there is a darker side to his lyrics, with ‘Fire And Rain’ lamenting about ‘…Lonely times that I thought would never end’, and ‘Steamroller’ with an ‘f’ word in it. (Shock, horror!)
Aside from that, songs such ‘Sweet Baby James’ and ‘Walking Man’ are shining examples of just how pleasant and inoffensive popular music can be, and ‘Mexico’ and ‘Shower The People’ are so upbeat that you’ll find yourself tapping your feet, nodding and smiling at random passers-by
If you’re siting in the garden on a warm summer day, with a nice glass of chilled Chardonnay, bumblebees droning around your blooming perennials, and you feel the need for something to put the sugary sweet icing on your lovely day, then this is the album for you....
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