Man Of La Mancha - Cast Recording

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

...are both hitting on all cylinders on this one. The track is groovy. I can hear James Brown behind the jazz horns. Dee added a piano that makes this track really outstanding. This is one worth ripping and putting on your computer. Oodles of O's 3:32~ This is a straight cut from the De La Soul is Dead album that was released in 1991. This is laid back philosophical track with lyrics like: "All I is a man and once an embryo Am I solid gold? I don't cast a glow Yes I guess it's reflex Some have no control I'd rather let a laughter And tally off I go" This is pure De La Soul. Smooth, rhythmic rhymes racing along funky drums capped with old school scratches. The track lacks in depth but makes up for it with the funk factor. You will bob your head with this one. You can't help yourself. Listen to this one enough times and you... Read review

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Advantages: Five bonus tracks added to the brilliant 12.
Disadvantages: A scandolous price of just £4 from HMV!

...The remastered version came to the British shores in January 2001. The original version appeared in November 1990. What an album it was and still is, full of classic pop songs just waiting to be discovered by millions of people. Son Of A Gun - Sounds like it was written and recorded in one day. Some album openers sound like they are the last song a band records, this sounds like the first thing they did. It is a clever pop song by Mavers and it gets your foot tapping and your head nodding. 8/10. I Can't Sleep - Timeless Melody - This one will have you singing along straight away. There are lots of obvious rhymes - "If you look in your mind, do you know what you will find?" - but it works, it really does. Great, great song. 8.5/10. Liberty Ship - A very neat bass riff and an acoustic guitar go through all the verses... Read review

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Advantages: Emotive, expressive story based in France during the Revolution
Disadvantages: None

.... The Second Attack / Death Of Gavroche 20. Final Battle, The 21. The Sewers / Dog Eats Dog 22. Javert's Suicide 23. Turning BRIEF STORY: The story Jean Val Jean and the French Revolution- a thief who stole a loaf of bread to feed his family. After years of imprisonment he has parole, which he breaks. Escaping the law he becomes the Mayor of a town and the owner of a factory. Fantine, one of his workers has a daughter who is looked in a different area of France. She is treated cruely and Jean Val Jean agrees with dying Fantine that he will free her from the oppression of her so called carers. Fantine is looked after by Jean Val Jean and falls in love with a man called Marius. The baracade is established and Marius leaves Fantine to fight for justice. Jean Val Jean too fights and is discovered by Police officer Javert. Loosing... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful