Beginner's Guide To Asia - Various Artists

Advantages: has alot of their well known songs, and some great lesser known ones
Disadvantages: they have left off quitea few of their singles

...A compilation spanning all seven studio albums, an album which has alot of their famous singles e.g. parklife, song 2, beetlebum, and has the non album single popscene, plus alot of classic album tracks that the casual listener might have not heard. This double album has 25 songs and covers all of their sound from the early days of the leasure with shes so high the brit pop years with girls & boys, for tomorrow, advert and the universal, and also their final albums with trimm trabb and out of time. In my personal opinion it is a very good album with exelent music showing blurs different styles over the years butjust as they did on their 2000 compilation the best of they have left out a few of their famous and i dare say most loved singles on this album such as country house, theres no other way M.O.R. and to the end to name a few... Read review

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Advantages: great selection, good variety
Disadvantages: somehow mistitled, mostly traditional stuff

...Rough Guide, best known for their budget travel guides, has been steadily expanding in other areas, and has been responsible for quite a few musical "guides" over the years. This 1998 album, marketed as "Rough Guide to the Music of Eastern Europe", does pretty much exactly what is says on the package: provides quite a wide ranging overview of folk and (occasionally) folk-inspired music of Eastern Europe. This is an album that pretty much started my liking for "world music" coming from my part of the world, and despite its age it remains a good compilation which really does showcase the variety of what's on offer quite well. One thing that this "Rough Guide" album needs is perhaps a better definition of what is considered Eastern Europe: this is a surprisingly woolly category (I always remember somebody commenting than Poland... Read review

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Advantages: A quality CD with lots of varied songs.
Disadvantages: None.

...As an indian I really know the importence of music in the daily life of the people.They just cant live without it,there may be lot of poverty or anxiety in their mind but the essence of music seems to tranquilize it all.At every aspect of life music has its own part to play.From born to death,from marrige to seperation there are all sorts of songs to suit every mood.One can hear song on the way in a auto,or a taxi,on a bus,or may be from a road side shop.You cant ignore it by any means. The latest one named asThe Essencial Guide To India is in a CD format.The songs are sung by various artists,and it is devided into three sections,Bollywood gold,Classic accoustic and Desi Beats.In the Bollywood gold section the songs ar all from famous hindi movies,some of them are my favourite.In the Classic Acoustic section the songs are classical... Read review

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