Universal Masters Collection - Donna Summer

Advantages: Good mix of tunes
Disadvantages: Not enough modern material

...Donna Summer has had mixed fortunes over the years, mainly thanks to some alleged homophobic comments Summer was supposed to have made during the mid-1980s when AIDS was first being properly recognised. However, the music has to be priority and this is a good collection of songs. The main styles are disco and pop. Here's a track-listing. 1. Love To Love You Baby (Single Version) 2. Could It Be Magic (Single Version) 3. I Feel Love (Edit) 4. Theme From The Deep (Down Deep Inside) 5. Love's Unkind 6. I Love You (Single Version) 7. Last Dance (Single Version) 8. MacArthur Park (Single Version) 9. Heaven Knows 10. Rumour Has It 11. Hot Stuff (Single Version) 12. Bad Girls (Edited Single Version) 13. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 14. On The Radio 15. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) 16. State... Read review

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Advantages: Flawless Heavy Metal record, technically stunning time signature shifts with occasional classical structuring
Disadvantages: 20 year old production job, could do with a re-mastering

...Time for my ultimate review of what I feel is the finest metal record of all time, 'Master of Puppets' by the masters themselves, 'Metallica'. Myself, a fan of Heavy Metal entirely because of the music from these guys. It was the 'Black' album that started it all for me in the early 90's upon hearing 'Enter Sandman' on the radio; I was pulled out of my stupid Pop childhood, and taken away into a darker musical place I liked very much. I immediately purchased a copy of the 'Black' album and upon hearing this I read more into the band learning of their thrash roots and much more diverse heavier past. So I sought after their older material beginning with 'Master of Puppet's'. Which brings me to today, where I have quite a collection of 'Metallica's' music having trawled CD fairs for the rarities and odds and sods to build that collection... Read review

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Advantages: Nice and long; good value
Disadvantages: Some songs are a bit too "dancey" to be considered "chillout"

...I bought both the winter and the summer versions at the same time, and i must say, what a good decision! Listening to the Summer one before going out for the night gives you a nice jived up feeling, ready for the night ahead. Then put on the winter one when you come back in for some serious chillling out! There's not much to differentiate between the two, but here's my feelings on the summer one: Price: I managed to get this from amazon marketplace, total cost £5.49. Bargain! It seems to have gone up since then. Sorry 'bout that! I may not have bought it full price though, as it was an impulse buy. Tracks: I'm not going to do a track by track listing(you can get that on amazon!) because this collection is best listened to as one whole(usually as background music). Instead, i'll comment on my favourite tracks on here, and why... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful