Kop Choir, The (Liverpool's Own Football Sound) - Kop Choir (The)

Advantages: Excellent Choice of Songs
Disadvantages: None

...for their greatly successfull 1945 musical, Carousel, the song is nowadays more recognised as the Liverpool Football Club anthem. *All Through The Night (Ar Hyd y Nos) is a Traditional Welsh Folksong. The tune was first recorded in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards in 1784. It is sung in Welsh on the CD. * The Last Rose of Summer is a traditional Irish Folk Song that was a poem written by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) in 1805. It was sung in the twenty first century in a recording by Charlotte Church. *World in Union is the song is originally from the Jupiter in the Planet suite (Holst). This song was also the official theme song of the Rugby World Cup 1999 in Wales. *Rose featured in the film, The Rose (1979) and was written by Amanda McBroom. Bette Midler also used it and went to No.3 on the U.S. pop charts with her version... Read review

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Advantages: Sublime
Disadvantages: None

...When I say that my grandmother's maiden name was Davies, and that she was the last person in the family who had any understanding of the Welsh language, you will probably understand why I love Welsh choral music so much. Well, apart from the fact that Wales is truly the land of song, with the best history of choral music in the entire world., that is! This CD (produced by EMI and Music for Pleasure) has a wide range of Welsh Male voice Choirs from all over Wales. The competition between the different choirs and indeed the different parts of Wales are fiercely competitive. But the strong, intense rivalry is always friendly. Well, MOST of the time, that is! The songs on this CD (I am ,of course, listening to it as I write this review!) are all perfectly sung and perfectly accompanied, as the producers have chosen the cream of Welsh... Read review

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Advantages: Funky, upbeat, and entertaining album well worth a listen
Disadvantages: Length of the interludes

..., slick synth sound, and typically smooth vocals. The track lives up to its name, and is most certainly a summer anthem. 'Until The End Of Time' is up next and although it takes a while to get going, when it does finally do so it turns out to be a decent track and although not one of my favourites is still a competent offering. 'Losing My Way' is the beginning of the end for me; it is here that I feel the album begins to draw to a close. With a chilled out vibe and reasonably slow pace, the mood of the album can definitely be seen to have changed for this track. The end is in sight, but the quality does not deteriorate - track quality is still strong and Timberlake's soft vocals make for an extremely pleasant listening experience. Towards the end of the track, a choir accompaniment is introduced and although this may sound a little out... Read review

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