Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection - Rhonda Vincent

Advantages: excellent production
Disadvantages: cheesy message to santa

...Can B*Witched make a third no.1 in a row with this single? probably... The song, written for their parents, is beautifully crafted using the girls' trademark Irish sounds and the video is also spellbinding. Going for their first ballad this sees a new image for B*Witched, showing a more mature side, after the sucess of their self-titled debut album. The song features a beautiful middle section with Irish whistles and violins, as well as hand symbols. Neither CD features the video, although the B-side, and the mixes, are all good quality. An excellent CD to add to your collection this christmas.... Read review

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Advantages: progressive rock classic
Disadvantages: no

...Released back in 1972, "Fragile" is considered one of the greatest examples of the movement conventionally named as British prog/art rock. Unusually high trained rock musicians combine powers in order to produce an album that, for sure, has everything a good prog album needs. Sheer but controlled virtuosity, beautiful innovational melodies, complex but coherent structured music forms. A flavour of classical music is always being implied from times to times throughout the record, mostly due to Rick Wakeman's keyboard work. It was no surprise that Rick Wakeman followed a more "classical influenced" way in his solo works(check "journey to the center of the earth" to get a better idea of Rick's solo works). I think the title "Cans and Brahms" warns one clearly. What we actually have in this album, is a collection of progressive rock classics... Read review

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Advantages: Elfman's most magical creation and a true masterpiece
Disadvantages: The Tom Jones song at the end

...By the turn of the 1990s, Tim Burton had already sealed his credentials as an imaginative and quirky director with films like Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice and Batman. Therefore it was only to be expected that his next film would be equally quirky and dark, and that it certainly was. Starring Johnny Depp along with Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, and Anthony Michael Hall, with Vincent Price as "The Inventor," Edward Scissorhands is a fairy-tale like fantasy about a strange artificial man with scissors for hands. From his lofty castle on top of a hill, he is whisked away by a cosmetic's saleswoman straight into the suburbs where he is greeted with interest and wonder. It won't be long however when people start turning against him due to his naïve trust in others and his sharp scissorhands that cause a few unintentional moments... Read review

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