Songs 1975-1990, The - Barry Manilow

Advantages: All the hits
Disadvantages: Similar to other collections

...I have to confess that I'm totally unfashionable. I've been a Barry Manilow fan since I was 6 years old and I got a Greatest Hits collection for Christmas! This newer collection released in March 2004 has pretty similar material to be honest, even though it's twice as long. It's more convenient than my old vinyl though. Here's the track listing. 1. Mandy 2. Could It Be Magic 3. I Write The Songs 4. Copacabana (At The Copa) 5. Can't Smile Without You 6. Weekend In New England 7. It's A Miracle 8. Trying To Get The Feeling Again 9. I Made It Through The Rain 10. Let's Hang On 11. Somewhere In The Night 12. The Old Songs 13. You're Looking Hot Tonight 14. Even Now 15. Ready To Take A Chance Again 16. Bermuda Triangle 17. Looks Like We Made It 18. Strangers In The Night 19. One Voice 20. Who Needs to Dream... Read review

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Advantages: Brings back the memories of the show, great if you havn't
Disadvantages: n/a

...Barry Manilow's Copacabana was welcomed with great enthusiasm when it hit the West End as a Musical. I was lucky enough to see this musical and it has gone down with me as one of the best I have ever seen, and I have seen a few. You may wonder how a song like Copacabana could be made into a musical, but with over 2 and a half hours of great music, Copacabana was just the tip of the Iceberg. The music in this show was full of energy, humour, some of the times the songs were sad but all in all this CD captures every musical gift that Copcabana had to offer, if you havn't seen the show it doesn't matter, this CD brings to the imagination the storyline as each record is played in sequence to that of the musical. Several actors played the lead role of Stephen i this show but Gary Wilmot is the frontman on this CD and is who I actually... Read review

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Advantages: takes you right back there, ohhh kick ass theme!
Disadvantages: Not for people who didnt see the movie

...contains some very memorable songs from the movie and they arent all songs, some of them are just little musical dittys written for the movie itself. It really takes you back as you listen to it and you remember why you love this movie, and well the 80's in general. Don't You Forget About Me. Simple Minds really hammer out this song from the 80's that I'm sure many of you remember. For the movie is it simply THE perfect song they could have chosen. It's about well not forgetting someone when they go away, and if you've seen the movie you'll know this fits so well at the end of the movie as you never really know what's going to happen at school on Monday. Waiting. This was one of the songs used at the end of the movie if my memory serves. It didn't do much for the movie itself and its not very memorable, but after you've listened to... Read review

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