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Advantages: good mix of music Disadvantages: absolutely none!
I could not, even if I tried, write anything negative about this double CD featuring AaronNeville.
This man's voice is phenomenal and wonderfully unique.
He is originally from New Orleans and has a wonderful New Orleans Rhythm and Blues sound. His voice will reach your inner being every time he opens his mouth and a note comes out!
There is a wide spectrum throughout this particular collection. We have the up-tempo and foot-tapping beat of 'Oh happy Day' & 'I saw the light' to the sultry, moody sound of 'Ave Maria' and 'Amazing grace.'
The rest of the songs included in these 2 CD's are:
What a friend we have in Jesus, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Morning has Broken, If I had a Hammer, Let it Be , Mary don't you Weep, Steer me Right, Gotta Serve Somebody, A Change is Gonna Come, I Believe, Let Go, Banks of the River Jordan ...
Advantages: Excellent humour and generally a good read Disadvantages: quite gory in places!!
Background:
A friend of mine at work knows I love a good crime novel, so he told me to try a book by Jeff Lindsay. He told me I would either love it or hate it. So I thought I should give it a try, just to shut him up at the very least.
About the author:
Jeff Lindsay was born in the USA in 1952. Among his achievements are being a World Champion in Karate and a successful playwright. So far he has written four crime novels featuring Dexter Morgan as its main character. These are: Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005), Dexter in the Dark (2007) and Dexter by Design (2008).
About the book:
Dexter Morgan works for the Miami Police Department as a blood-splatter analysis.
In his spare time he hunts serial killers who have avoided detection by the Police. He looks for evidence and once found kills them ...
Advantages: IMO Depeche Mode's best live DVD to date: a fantastic performance & wonderfully reworked songs. Disadvantages: Can't really think of any!
Filmed in both Frankfurt and Barcelona during Depeche Mode's sold out 1993 Devotional tour, by renowned music video director and photographer Anton Corbijn (as you may or may not know, Depeche Mode's longtime visual collaborator). The two-tier stage (also designed by Corbijn) is panelled with projection screens displaying different images and videos throughout the entire concert that enhance each performance. Another notable thing about the stage set up is the dramatic use of lighting, which works to particularly great effect in the opening song, Higher Love. The lighting captures the shadows of each band member, projecting them onto the curtains that are draped across the stage.
Although this was a terrible time for Depeche Mode and band relations were at their worst, you wouldn't know it from this performance! Dave Gahan has what ...
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Product details
Title
Devotion
Performer
Aaron Neville
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
New Orleans R&B
Release Date
30/10/2000
Original Release Year
2000
Label / Distributor
Alliance / -
Engineer
Gabe Veltri
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
724382028727
Catalogue Number
8202872
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Aaron Neville (vocals); Ivan Neville, Rachel Lampa, Avalon (vocals); Dean Parks (guitar); David Woodford (saxophone); Lee Thornberg (trumpet); Jim Cox (organ); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards); Freddie Washington (bass); James Gadsen, Steve Ferrone (drums); James Gilstrap, Mona Lisa Young, Morelenette Jenkins, Alex Brown, Jackie Gouche-Farris, Phil Perry, Darryl Phinnessee, Alvin Chea (background vocals). Producers: Steve Lindsey, Brown Bannister, Rick Elias, Ivan Neville, Marty Grebb. Includes liner notes by John & Trina Brenes. DEVOTION was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. At the risk of belaboring the obvious, Aaron Neville has one of the most affecting and instantly identifiable voices in all of pop music; he's the kind of artist commonly referred to as a phenomenon. When he applies that unique, transcendent quaver of his to an album of spiritual tunes, its hard to resist or deny the inherent emotional power. The aptly titled DEVOTION finds Neville tackling everything from traditional gospel tunes ("Mary Don't You Weep") to faith-centered but funky original tunes ("Jesus is a Friend of Mine") and spiritually oriented pop classics (Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water"). Whatever the format, though, the pure, honest emotion in Neville's voice communicates so directly and completely that one gets the feeling of having just attended a sermon where the word was truly made into flesh.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Mary Don't You Weep
2.
Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine
3.
Banks Of The River Jordan
4.
What Would Jesus Do
5.
Singing You A Prayer (with Ivan Neville)
6.
There Still Is A Dream (with Rachel Lampa)
7.
By Heart By Soul (featuring Avalon)
8.
Bridge Over Troubled Water
9.
Morning Has Broken
10.
Were You There
11.
Jesus Loves Me
12.
I Shall Be Released
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