Great Cities Great Songs - Various Artists

Advantages: Down to earth and you'll recognise the songs!
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little too simple and a little contrived.

...it all, 10 well known songs, (a lot of them with a Geordie connection) and Jimmy's "OK" voice giving them some very different interpretations. Certainly Jimmy makes a great effort to cover many and varied styles within the ten songs and in general manages a pretty good job. In fact this for me is the only real problem with the album as sometimes it has a slightly contrived feel, as if they all sat down around a table with a list of song styles and tried to cover as many as possible. Highlights of the album include a lovely Country and Western version of "Overjoyed", the Lindisfarne classic "Clear White Light" (probably the song most like its original), the big band sound of "Walking on the Moon" and the upbeat rock of "Once in a Lifetime" Songs that don't quite do it for me are the a cappella of "Love me like a Rock" and the almost... Read review

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...This is one of the first compilation CD's I ever bought. At the time I thought it was fantastic, but over the years I've seemed to have grown a little sick of some of the songs. If anyone remembers the days of Shaggy and Oh Carolina, well, you'll like this compilation as it's full of old songs like that, (and that song sure does bring abck quite a few memories!) Artists include: Reel 2 Reel, Haddaway, M People, Aswad, Sister Sledge, Shaggy, Robin S, 2 Unlimited, Capella, Prodigy, The Shamen, Snap, Seal, S'Express and Black Box.... As you can tell by some of the above names, most of them are the oldies! Brilliant to keep for 'old time sakes'.... Read review

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Advantages: Some good tracks
Disadvantages: Bad arrangement, Westlife.

...the odd bit too, so it would be hypocritical and downright mean. Ultimate Girls Night In (apparently the perfect soundtrack for a great night in with the girls) is a collection of songs from the 70's, 80's, 90's and 00's. It includes cheesy pop tunes from the likes of Blue, Take That and Backstreet Boys, get up and dance songs from The Jackson 5, Dolly Parton and The Weather Girls and what I can only describe as a few strangely placed tracks from TLC and Avril Lavigne. The theme being the songs that you'd hear on a cheese night in town. Certainly these are fun songs that'll keep you entertained if you're aiming for this kind of night. I can imagine, with the exception of a few tracks, that this would make a good CD to get ready to for a girls night out, as opposed to in. What I do think is a bit annoying is the arrangement of songs... Read review

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