Departe De Casa - Formatta Valea Mare

Advantages: Happy happy happy
Disadvantages: Even if you don't want to, you will end up smiling

...What? You haven't got this album yet? What are you waiting for? Thankfully, something different to Las Ketchup and the OT guys has come out of Spain, at last. This is the very first album of La Casa Azul, a band of 5 androids that never show up at their concerts. Guille Milkyway made us all believe that the characters were real, giving them names, real voices and pictures of them, but he is the true genius behind the poppy, bubbly lyrics, that make you want to sing and dance away with a smile. Guille is, as well as the composer, the producer of this album. His success has allowed him to publish two other albums by now, the most recent being La Revolucion Sexual. Be warned that the happy feeling is contagious and you might need to listen to a bit of Radiohead to delete that smile off your face. Only "downside" is that you... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: A few really good tracks, some De La Soul tunes you have never heard before
Disadvantages: The album has no flow, a few weak remixes

...***Warning*** This review does contain some edited adult language and themes. The words have been changed but the meaning is plain. In the stacks of wax you can find the De La Mix: Remixes, Rarities & Classics, De La Soul's 2004 release on Tommy Boy/ Rhino. This is not so much a greatest hits as it is a revisiting in an alternate universe. Both commercial and critical successes are treated to a fresh dusting off, live performance or remix on this disk. Laying down the Knowledge For those of you that don't already know, De La Soul has been around since rap was just rap. Hip hop was just starting to take root as a music genre. There was just rap. When the boys from Long Island hit the scene there was the rap that played on the radio and the rap we listened to when our parents were out of ear shot. De La dropped 3 Feet High... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Lots of lovely versions of some Porter Classics
Disadvantages: A couple of bad notes, and if you don't like Porter, you won't want this album

...It is the rare occasion that finds me buying a movie soundtrack. The main reason for this is that many have some silly background music tracks added to them that frankly, aren't all that fantastic musically, and were probably added just to have enough sound-bites to justify putting out an album. Oh, sure, the soundtrack for "Good Morning Vietnam" is one exception - but who doesn't enjoy hearing Robin Williams doing his run-off-at-the-mouth shtick in addition to some great Rock & Roll? Another exception is this CD - the soundtrack for De-Lovely. You see, from the moment I saw this movie, I knew I was going to buy the soundtrack. I've always loved Cole Porter songs, and this was a way to get a nice collection while also getting an interesting combination of artists performing them. Here's what I think of this CD. First of all... Read review

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