When I say that my grandmother's maiden name was Davies, and that she was the last person in the family who had any understanding of the Welsh language, you will probably understand why I love Welsh choral music so much. Well, apart from the fact that Wales is truly the land of song, with the best history of choral music in the entire world., that is!
This CD (produced by EMI and Music for Pleasure) has a wide range of Welsh Male voice Choirs from all over Wales. The competition between the different choirs and indeed the different parts of Wales are fiercely competitive. But the strong, intense rivalry is always friendly. Well, MOST of the time, that is!
The songs on this CD (I am ,of course, listening to it as I write this review!) are all perfectly sung and perfectly accompanied, as the producers have chosen the cream of Welsh ...
Advantages: A few big tunes Disadvantages: Inconsistent
The Houston, Texas rapper Mike Jones released his second official album in 2009. ?The Voice? dropped after many delays. It finds him try to capitalise off the double-platinum selling debut and the bridging EP ?The American Dream?, which came out in 2007 by dropping a record which finds him getting into the standard that he was capable of in his more recent material, and not resort to the continual repetition of the same old phrases.
1. ?Intro?
2. ?Swagger Right?
Big E is behind this opener, and just as you got with ?Back Then?, you find that Joes focuses his attention on speaking about the changes which have happened in his world since he gained fame and got his ?Swagger Right?. I didn?t think it was as exciting as an opening cut should be, but I can?t say I wasn?t into it after hearing it a few times.
**Four Stars**
3 ...
Advantages: Relaxing/Calming Music Disadvantages: Some tracks arent as good as others
Tracks include:
I Believe
My Life flows on
Vespera
Pie Jesu
Suo-Gān
Did you not hear my lady
Ave Maria
How Great thou art
Do you hear what i hear?
All through the night (Ar Hyd Y Nos)
Panis Angelicus
Nunc Dimitus
Lead Kindly Light
O Holy Night
Bonus tracks:
O waly, Waly
The Lark in the Clear Air
For Once in My Life
This CD is pretty good with all songs being sung by AledJones and 2 or 3 sung by him when he was a boy (these tracks in my opinion are not as good and sort of 'ruin' the CD a bit). All the songs are good though there are some that are not just as good as the rest but they are still good. Some of my favourite songs include How great Thou art, Lead Kindly Light, I Believe, O Holy Night, For Once in my life and All through the night but all the other songs are equally as good (except for O Waly, Waly ...
