My Morning Jacket/Songs: Ohia - My Morning Jacket/Songs: Ohia

Advantages: Handel's music, Padmore's tonal beauty, excellent Manze & English Concert.
Disadvantages: Too much uniformity in rhythm, volume and tone.

...British tenor Mark Padmore has stolen my heart with his sheer tonal beauty and cool, suave delivery on this disc of Handel arias, 'As steals the morn' from Harmonia Mundi. This recent release (4 February 2007 in the UK) is a collection of songs, recitatives and airs by German-born English composer, George Frideric Handel, taken from his operas, Alceste, Tamerlano and Rodelinda, and oratorios, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Semele, Samson, Esther, Jephtha and L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. ON MARK PADMORE’S SOOTHING TONAL BEAUTY (AND HIS LOOKS AREN'T TOO SHABBY, EITHER). Mr Padmore sings with such ease and delicacy that every note becomes a soothing balm and a restorative for the droopy soul. Melismas (ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable) are few and far between, and present small difficulty... Read review

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Advantages: Great vocal ability, lyrics
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker links

..."Sentimental", "Who Do U Love", "Where Do We Go From Here" and "The Sound Of My Tears" **Morning After** This is her third album and first for J-Records, It was released on 5th November 2002 and features the singles "Absolutely Not (Chanel Mix)", "Up & Down (In & Out)", "Mr. Lonely", "Play Your Part" and "The Morning After". Here is my run down of her album The Morning After. **Album Review** 1. Up and down (in and out) This is one of the dance tracks and has a great beat and the percussive feel of this track makes you shake your body along to the beat and melody. A decent dance track. 2. 2 Good 2 Be True This track shows off her rich vocals to great effect. An uptempo track that flows really well and is one of the best uptempo tracks on The Morning After. 3. Play Your Part This is a great ballad that has an uptempo feel... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of feel good tracks
Disadvantages: Not as good as previous releases

...Mint Royale - See you in the Morning Mint Royale are a Big Beat Electronic style group which came together back in 1997. They started off just doing remixes of songs but later produced their first album in 1999 On The Ropes and releasing the first chart single Don't Falter featuring Lauren Laverne. Their second album Dancehall Places (my favorite) released in 2002 featured songs such as The Sexiest Man in Jamaica and the Blue Song. This long awaited album See you In the Morning, released in 2005 wasn't a great hit to be honest but still has that big beat feel reminiscent of Dancehall Places but has a more relaxed tone to it. 1. Wait For You 2. The Effect On Me 3. Something New 4. Little Words 5. Singin' In The Rain 6. Harpy 7. I Don't Care 8. My Heart Is Beating Fast 9. See You In The Morning 10. World 11... Read review

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