Rose Marie - Slim Whitman

Advantages: Classics sung by the originals
Disadvantages: quality is a little poor in places, a little unoriginal

...This is another various artists album, which has a reasonable variety of songs. Please see below for a breakdown. Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole) Roses Are Red (My Love) (Ronnie Carroll) Walkin' My Baby Back Home (Johnnie Ray) Half As Much (Rosemary Clooney) You Are My Sunshine (Slim Whitman) Far Away Places (Perry Como) Bewitched (Doris Day) The Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astaire) The Great Pretender (The Platters) My Special Angel (Bobby Helms) Heartaches By The Number (Guy Mitchell) To Each His Own (Ink Spots, The) April Love (Pat Boone) Love Is A Golden Ring (Frankie Laine) Changing Partners (Patti Page) Paper Doll (The Mills Brothers) Dark Moon (Bonnie Guitar) Stranger In Paradise (The Four Aces) Band Of Gold (Don Cherry) My Happiness (The Pied Pipers) A good compilation for the older generation (or the younger generation who like... Read review

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Advantages: Best album so far
Disadvantages: You tell me!!

.... Once you hear "Stay Down," your mind may time travel back to the mid-90s, a time of analog recordings, where heavy reverb was in, and where the more expression you showed, the more acceptation you got. This is what makes Mary the Queen of R&B -- everything is tuned to perfection, from Mary's amazing vocal demonstration, to the harmonies and pitch change throughout the track. Usher and Mary do their Bonnie and Clyde thing on "Shakedown," and it's a match made in heaven. The back and forth comparisons of pain and passion form an emotional unison that only two of our generations most celebrated vocalist could produce. "Roses" is an intense ballad that could very well be the next single from the album. It's the type of record that stamps time, and everything from the song's pensive premise, to its ideals on morality makes this gem something... Read review

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Advantages: great grooves
Disadvantages: bit dated

...In terms of defining a time, this is a classic which sits alongside Screamadelica and Stone Roses debut. The samples were blatant the beats bigger than most and the tunes infectious and memorable. While it never received the glowing commercial praise of its follow up this was a more beat driven and sound system friendly affair. The acid lines of Everybody Needs a 303, alongside a tremendous build up were enough to convince even the biggest of wallflowers to get on the floor and dance. I was fortunate enough to see Fatboy Slim at the Big Beat Boutique in Brighton before this album was released and even then people knew that they were even for something special. I am glad that Norman Cook has gone on to great success, he deserves it, but people shouldn't overlook his earlier work. You may have come a long way baby but you started... Read review

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