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My wife was going on and on about how wonderful this new group-IL DIVO- are in their video clip on Classic FM TV so I logon to 101cd.co.uk and ordered it for her, the day that their cd was released.(1st of November). (£8.95. They accept paypal.)
5th of November and the cd still not with us.
This afternoon I had to go for some shopping to the local Asda and as I pass from the cd section I saw their cd so I decided to buy it there and then (with £9.77) and surprise my wife. I thought I could cancel my order as after 5 days I think their service there in 101cd.co.uk is really slow.
I picked my wife with the car. I had the first track on the cd player. She was really happy and she was quiet all the way home listening to them. 7 hours later, the cd is still playing in the house non stop. We prepare our meal, listening to it, we eat with it, we drunk our coffee with it. We did everything with it!
Its so easy listening, so relaxing, so smoothing, soothing, comforting like none of the cd’s I have heard before. I am addicted to Il Divo now along with my wife!
WHO ARE THEY?
David, Sebastien ( looks so like my brother!), Urs and Carlos. They come from Geneva,Paris,New York and Madrid. Good looking guys and they look and try to be cool, divos (male divas
in Italian you see) I like their style. They are not as the pop boy bands. They look serious and respected.
All of them had their own careers, before they join this scheme and all of them were quite happy with what they were doing. But they left everything to form this band. How wise that proved to be!
THE CD
The picture on the front, demonstrates their coolness and in the booklet the rest of the pictures build this image. Also in the booklet you will find the lyrics of all the songs. I tried to give it a go (to sing!) with one of the Italian songs but my Greek accent didn’t go down well according to my wife! Anyway, you can follow if you feel like.
The SONGS
Unbreak my heart(Regresa A Mi) What a song this is. What a tasteful version of the known song. That song made my wife to like them, and their video clip was the most wanted on the classic fm tv last week. Warm and clear loud voices make this song to stand out and its an excellent introduction to the rest of the Album. *****
Mama If you leave away from your mother and you have long time to see her, this song can easily bring tears to eyes! A song written by the Swedish Quiz & Larossi that has fantastic, thought provoking lyrics. The combination of good lyrics and the divine voices of the Il Divo made this song one of my favourites in the album.*****
Nella Fantasia Ennio Morricone and Il Divo! Fantastic song. It takes you away. In this song, the voice of David stands out! What a voice!*****
Passera Another Italian song that if you allow it, it can take you to the narrow roads of Florence and Venice. Very romantic song. I liked it very much.****
Everytime I look at you Romance in all its grace. Soothing song, that took me away as well. In this song the voice of Sebastian stands out more. I think Sebastian is the less opera-voice of the band and can do really well as a solo pop singer.****
Ti Amero & Dentro Un Altro Si Time for Urs to show us what his voice's like and what a result in both songs! He has a great voice ,powerfull and steady.These songs were so relaxing, so comforting. Really nice songs. They will touch you.****
The Man you love. I find myself singing it to my wife! Excellent song, fantastic lyrics and music. When the lyrics turned to Spanish I just said to my wife:’ This is how you make a perfect song to sound even better’. Very nice, romantic and touching. A man will definitely sing it to the woman he loves. One of my favourites.*****
Feelings Written by a Swedish in English originally and it performed with Italian lyrics. Another romantic song.*****
Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui & Sei Parte Ormai Di Me Two excellent songs, louder than the rest of the album and more opera-like songs. That doesn’t mean that they weren’t good. They were great. I think Il DIvo help a lot in making opera more appealing to the masses. The voices of Carlos and David are really fantastic when they perform the extended part of the lyrics. They keep going forever!****
My Way ( A Mi Manera) Better than Frank Sinatra? Different. But very very nice version. I really liked it.*****
OVERALL OPINION. I will recommend this cd to all. It’s a classic cd. A cd that you can put on repeat and never get bored of it. I am listening to it for 7 and a half hours non stop and still goes great. Buy it from 101cd.co.uk for £8.95 with free delivery if you don’t bother as of when you will have it. 5 days after I paid, I still wait for my copy which I decided to give to my mother-in-law as a present. She has joined the club as well! Also play.com for £8.99 with free delivery too. I haven’t seen it in cd-wow.com.They don’t have it! What are they doing?
At the booklet,at the end they have several thank you’s. I liked the last thank you to Simon Cowell. “ ….This is the achievement of your vision. Thank you for daring so big.”
…I am doing the same! Thank you Simon!
PS. It's great to be back to ciao after such a long time....
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Good review - but watch the tenses you use - you kept swapping between a present and a past and it was confusing. Other than that though it was a great review - very detailed
classicmum 15.12.2005 20:19
Great review, I enjoyed reading it. I was unsure about your title 'not just for woman' This comment may put quite a few buyers off I'm sure. It irratated me a little bit and I'm a woman!
Advantages: Stunning vocals, superb orchestral score Disadvantages: If you like to sing along, then you will need to brush up on your Italian and Spanish!
nikkiroymarsh 22.02.2009 ·
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