Regimental Marches Of The British Army Vol.1 - Regimental Band Of The Coldstream Guards (The)

Advantages: Good music
Disadvantages: A few weaker tracks

...in it - so its basically just an average track on the CD. 11. She Moved Through the Fair - This song is played by the Band, Carol Becker-Douglas (singing), "The Blarney Boys", and the pipe Andy MacGregor. There is nothing very exciting about this track - its just another good one. 12. So Many Lives - Played once again by all the people in the previous track. This track is mostly amazing with a few places in it where it isnt so good. 13. Steal Away - Once again by most of the people in the previous tracks. This track is a nice wee tune, sung with a simple accompaniment which makes it another pretty good track on the CD. 14. Green Glens of Antrim - This is played by the Band and the PIpes & Drums and is a good arrangement of this traditional Irish song. Once again, nothing special. 15. Killaloe - This regimental march is played by the Band... Read review

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Advantages: Good songs, technologically ground breaking
Disadvantages: A very dark album

...depressing album of the decade or it is a stroke of pure genius, using the latest production technology available at the time to distort Smith's deep vocals and ride them over the top of an artificial drum machine. The idea was to create something very sterile and artificial in its sound. Personally I think this mix works very well. The Hanging Garden was the only track released from this album as a single and this features a mesmerising tribal drumbeat but once again it is not long before things take a lyrically more macabre turn "cover my face as the animals die". The Figurehead is a clever song that is rich in visual imagery. Inspired by an object that featured in one of the band's early videos you can close your eyes and imagine what you like. To me this song conjures up the image of Communist dictatorship, and the regimental marching... Read review

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Advantages: all the classics - powerful stuff
Disadvantages: producers have messed around with the instrumentals

...: Sharpe's Theme / Prelude 2. I'm Ninety Five Today 3. Over The Hills And Far Away 4. Spanish Sword 5. Rogue's March 6. Collier Report 7. Bird In The Bush / The Colours 8. Spanish Bride 9. Shilling 10. Gentleman Soldier 11. Bugle Call / Money Musk (Regimental Double Past) 12. Broken-Hearted I Will Wander 13. Badajoz 14. Rambling Soldier 15. Huntsman's Chorus/The Italian Song 16. Johnny Is Gone For A Soldier 17. Forlorn Hope 18. Love Farewell 19. Sunset 20. Sharpe's Theme/Sharpe's Song As you can see there are a lot of tracks on the cd. John Tams's voice seems slightly more reigned in than when he is rifleman Hagman marching through the wilderness with the men on Sharpe! The only negative is that the producers have added bits to some of the songs, some extra instrumental parts that are not originally... Read review

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