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Hot Jazz and Cold Blooded Murder - FAB!

Advantages: You get the story just by listening to the CD
Disadvantages: Are there any?

I loved every minute of this album. The songs are so catchy and incredibly brilliant! I can definitely see why it won a Grammy in 2004 for the best compilation soundtrack album. The listing for the soundtrack is as follows: 1. Overture-The Band 2. All That Jazz-Ute Lemper & Company 3. Funny Honey-Ruthie Henshall With Nigel Planer & Cavin Cornwall 4. Cell Block Tango-Ute Lemper & Girls 5. When You're Good To Mama-Meg Johnson With Ute Lemper ...
...Girls 7. A Little Bit Of Good-C. Shirvell 8. We Both Reached For The Gun-Henry Goodman, Ruthie Henshall, C. Shirvell & Company 9. Roxie, Part I: Soliloquy-Ruthie Henshall 10. Roxie, Part II-Ruthie Henshall & Boys 11. I Can't Do It Alone-Ute Lemper 12. My Own Best Friend-Ruthie Henshall & Ute Lemper 13. Finale: Act I-Ruthie Henshall, Henry Goodman & Ute Lemper 14. Entr'Acte-The Band 15. I Know A Girl-Ute Lemper With Ruthie Henshall, Henry ...

lily-lamb 24.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Chicago - Original Cast

Outstays its welcome

Advantages: Lots of up-tempo music
Disadvantages: Sounds too much like a solo Minnelli album

The Act is a musical by my favourite Broadway team of songwriters, John Kander and Fred Ebb, and yet I always find it a little disappointing. Famous for writing Cabaret, Chicago and New York, New York, the two of them supplied a series of star turns for Liza Minnelli, as a nightclub star, and hence the C sounds very much like a Liza album, with a couple of other tracks thrown in. The songs aren't bad, and some of them are rather good indeed. 'Arthur ...
...perfectly by Liza, and the number sung by the chorus members (presumably while Liza had forty winks to get her breath back), 'Little Do They Know', works very well as an insiders view of being a Broadway-type dancer. There is also a lovely ballad called 'My Own Space', which Minnelli carries off fairly well. Unfortunately, the rest of the CD consists of a parade of up-tempo, 'life is great (or if it's not, I'm going to act as though it is)' numbers ...

DavidBedford 02.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Act, The - Liza Minnelli

High Fives all round!

Advantages: good mix, energetic, fun
Disadvantages: /

When I was a bit younger, I used to watch Australian kids show Hi 5 on Milkshake every morning religiously before school. It is a programme aimed at pre-school and primary school children, teaching them various things through the methods of song and dance. Naturally, there are five presenters, all of which are Australian. Okay so the education side is a bit young fo rme, but I do find the music very entertaining on the show! Now I do not have the ...
...I did buy one of their several albums. This one was Hi 5 Hits. This album is very attractive, a very colourful cover with little cartoon images of the band: Nathan Foley, Charley Delaney, Tim Harding, Kellie Crawford (then Hoggart), and Kathleen de Leon. It is very bright and draws your attention in for sure! Looking on the back I noticed there were a total of twenty one songs. I will let you discover the wonders of them all yourself, but to give ...

Amy69 13.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hi-5 Hits - Hi-5

How High would this reach?

Advantages: good songs, good price
Disadvantages: generally appeals only to HSM fans

...while to catch on to High School Musical. In fact, I ended up seeing High School Musical 3 before I saw the first two! Though I have now caught myself up and along with that I am becoming more familiar with the songs. In an attempt to fully connect with the music, I found myself borrowing the CDs from a friend. One of which was of course the High School Musical 2 CD soundtrack. The album can be recognized by its aqua blue cover. On the front, 'High ...
...you are a fan of High School Musical, but I will admit that it is not one I would rush out and buy myself. It is a good CD to listen to if you were given it as a gift or, in my case, if you borrow it from a friend. Though I feel you should only spend money on it if you know you are going to like it and you do like High School Musical! It is great to listen to, generally quite upbeat, and well worth giving it a go! Amy 2009 Track listing can be found ...

Amy69 25.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of High School Musical II - Various Artists

A Beautiful but Mysterious Story, Definitely Maybe...

Advantages: Beautifully written, excellent acting
Disadvantages: I wish there was a part2 haha.

Definitely Maybe is one of the movies that I had fun watching. I never got bored for even a second between the movie and I each and every moment I was wondering what will happen next. Its a story about a guy Will who lives with his little daughter (Maya) and is about to get divorced with his wife Sarah. He is like a friend to his daughter, a really cool father. Once after coming back from school Maya started questioning and asking him about ...
...wouldnt tell at first, but later he agrees. But he told Maya that he will not tell her the actual names. Will changes the names of his ex-girlfriends while narrating the story. Maya agrees and Will starts telling her the story. Maya gets confused as she is left guessing who's going to be her actual mom. Emily He tells her about his college girlfriend Emily whom he loved so much but he had to leave her to go to Newyork for work. She gives him ...

shani21shani 12.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Definitely Maybe - Various Artists