Very Best Of Diane Schurr, The - Diane Schuur

Advantages: Great value for money, fantastic album
Disadvantages: None Really

...Not many people can say they have released a 'Best Of' album by their 21st birthday, but LeAnn Rimes is not many people. She came onto the music scene at 13, and has been producing hits ever since. Her new album is a compilation of her biggest hits, including her very first song, and her most recent song. Album Track List: 1: Can't Fight the Moonlight 2: Life Goes On 3: How Do I Live 4: I Need You 5: We Can 6: Last Thing On My Mind (Ft. Ronan Keating) 7: This Love 8: But I Do Love You 9: Written in the Stars (Ft. Elton John) 10: Suddenly 11: The Right Kind of Wrong 12: Commitment 13: Please Remember 14: Crazy 15: Blue 16: Looking Through Your Eyes 17: You Light Up My Life 18: One Way Ticket (Because I Can) 19: How Do I Live (Mr Mig Dance Radio Edit) 20: Can... Read review

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Advantages: Eight Good tracks.
Disadvantages: Twenty naff tracks.

...The Very Best of the Human League. This compilation of HL tunes was released in 2003 and if you do want to buy it after this review, my advice is iTunes, all 28 songs for £7.99. To buy in most shops as a double CD is still more than £10, and the price (and availability) varies greatly online. To be honest, when I was compiling an 80's playlist for my iPod I needed about 6 songs from HL but could not resist downloading the lot for the price. Did I regret it? would I have been better off getting just a few tracks? well........ 1.Don't You Want Me Absolute classic, who can forget the video. Heavy electronic beats, a great storyline, good vocals and almost everyone knows the lyrics, so this one gets a tick, I've kept it 9/10. 2.Love Action (I Believe In Love) Again, big tick for me. From the incessant bass line and jingly... Read review

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Advantages: superb, timeless songs
Disadvantages: no more recordings / performances from Redding

...A great party record, this one - plenty of cracking dance tunes, and a decent quota of slow tunes for later on. It's also some of the best quality soul music ever produced, and all of it produced during a very short period of time - during the mid-60s, until Redding died in a plane crash in 1967, aged just 26. Redding himself wrote many of the songs, songs as good as: # "These arms of mine" - his first single to chart, in 1963, it's a simple ballad, almost 50s crooner style. It's just a love song, about a guy pleading to his girl, but oh so persuasive. # "Respect" - Aretha Franklin recorded the definitive version, but it's definitely worth hearing the Otis original. # "Love man" - It might sound like a macho boast but I'm not so sure. When Otis stammers "cau cau cau cause I'm a love man" it sounds more like a man who... Read review

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