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Advantages: Emotive, expressive story based in France during the Revolution
Disadvantages: None

...is the comical character of Les Miserables, and bound to produce a few smiles when listening to this CD. The story is seperated into the following tracks on the CD: 1. Prologue 2. Valjean's Soliloquy 3. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables 4. Every Day 5. At The End Of The Day 6. Valjean's Confession 7. The Wedding Chorale / Beggars At The Feast 8. I Dreamed A Dream 10. Lovely Ladies 11. Fantine's Arrest 12. Runaway Cart, The 13. Who Am I? 14. Fantine's ...
...Cloud 17. Master Of The House 18. The Bargain / The Watlz Of Treachery 19. Look Down 20. The Robbery / Javert's Intervention 21. Epilogue 22. Stars Second Disc 1. Eponine's Errand 2. ABC Cafe (Red And Black) 3. Do You Hear The People Sing 4. Rue Plumet / In My Life 5. Heart Full Love 6. Attack On Rue Plumet, The 7. One Day More! 8. At The Barricade 9. On My Own 10. Building The Barricade 11. Javert's Arrival 12. Little People 13. Little Fall ... Read review

Advantages: This recording contains all of the important tracks from the hit show.
Disadvantages: The use of brothers makes the link between the characters too abvious too early on.

I purchased this recording of Blood Brothers having been to see the show on the West End. When listening to the recording from start to finnish the story is clearly conveyed making it enjoyable to listen to with little effort. The quality of the sound is far above that of earlier recordings of the show that are available. I would recommend this recording to both those who have seen the show as well as others as you do not require any previous knowledge ...
...the narrator makes his Liverpudlian accent clear preventing any misunderstanding of the lyrics. The only complaint I have of this recording is in the casting of the Cassidy brothers playing the characters of the twins. This to my mind at least conveys far too closer connection between the two characters than perhaps is required. Overall however I believe that this is an excellent recording of the show which includes everything you could require, ... Read review

Advantages: a great film, catchy music
Disadvantages: quite a dark film to watch

...With Johnny Depp playing Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter playing Mrs Wilhemina Lovett, you can't go wrong. Depp's singing voice is so husky and gritty, so well suited for the part, where as Carter's singing voice is somewhat sweet and innocent for the most part, it really gives the character a twist. Without giving any detail of the film and it's story/endings away (that wouldn't be fair to those of you who have yet to see it) I can confirm ... Read review

Advantages: Original songs, Superb lyrics and melodies
Disadvantages: Some of the cast's voices are not quite up to scratch

This amazing soundtrack includes 20 great tracks recorded by the actual cast! When we heard Johnny Depp would be doing his own singing on the tracks, we were unsure as to how attuned his vocal chords were, but as it has become evident with the soundtrack and the film, his voice is just right for the part! The best 3 tracks of the soundtrack are Johanna, By the sea and not forgetting, the soon to be classic, A little priest, which is the comical pinnacle ... Read review

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I recently reviewed the film Love Actually in which I wrote of what a great film, I thought it was, and that it was different in the way that there were so many stories going on all at one, however it did not make it confusing in any way, shape or form. One of the other reasons, what makes Love Actually a great film is the soundtrack. A film can be great, however without the right songs in the appropriate places, it can actually spoil the film. ...
...within the film, majority of them being very well known, which makes it even better if you know the song, you are more likely to associate yourself with the film more and appreciate it. Although Love Actually has been around for quite a while now, the songs on the soundtrack are very well chosen and make listening to the album easy, because they are a great variety of tracks. Girls Aloud - Jump (For My Love) Although it was not the version that ... Read review