Beginner's Guide To Country - 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

...used to be in Middle Europe before WW2, while after that, despite having its borders move several hundred miles to the west, it become part of Eastern Europe), but usually refers to the countries of the former Soviet block (and sometimes includes Greece). On this album, "Eastern Europe" is actually more of an alternative label for the Balkans. Most tracks come from artists from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and countries of former Yugoslavia, although there is one track from a Russian band, and one from Polish mountains. I can understand this, as the Balkans are probably musically the most interesting and there is only very limited number of connoisseurs of GDR disco and other more obscure manifestations of Eastern European music. Still, the name would have fitted better if we had a little bit less from the Balkans, and a little bit more... 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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