Zelenka: Music for the Coronation of King Charles I of Bohemia

Advantages: great follow up to So Much For The City
Disadvantages: short album, only 10 songs

...I got the album the first day it came out as I loved their debut album "So Much For The City". The Thrills rose to mainstream attention after the release of "So Much For The City", tracks like "One Horse Town" got them on the radar of DJs like Jo Whiley from Radio 1. However it wasn't until they released "Big Sur" that they really got the credit they deserved. They have been nominated for numerous awards including The Mercury Music Prize, The Q Awards and The Brit Awards. Since the releas of their first album they continued to tour religiously all over the world but somehow along the way they found the time to record this album. This time using different ideas and sounds. They used Dave Sardy as producer. He had produced for Johnny Cash. The Thrills came up with this album that is different, bold, darker but not lacking in charm... Read review

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...dont know me", is a great orchestra set piece, with the piano sounds...smoothing the atmosphere. This song features Diana Krall and is a good album track. The suprising element in this album is the song that features Elton John!, yep you heard right...i wouldnt consider elton to be producing the same style of music as Ray Charles...But however the track does actually work suprisingly well, the song is "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", reminding those those who forgot how soulful elton is, or can be. The impressive Natalie Cole also stars along side ray charles in "Fever". This is a bit of a faster paste jazzy track. Nelson and Ray on Sinatra's "It Was a Very Good Year," also a great recreation, great vocal arrangment...a great song. This song really makes your heart stop for a second!. The great BB Also features in "Sinner... Read review

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Advantages: Really impressive action adventure score, one of the best of 2005
Disadvantages: Some action scenes a little unremarkable

...LISTING & MISCALLENOUS OTHER STUFF 1. King Kong (1:09) 2. A Fateful Meeting (4:17) 3. Defeat is Always Momentary (2:48) 4. It's in the Subtext (3:20) 5. Two Grand (2:35) 6. The Venture Departs (4:03) 7. Last Blank Space on the Map (4:44) 8. It's Deserted (7:09) 9. Something Monstrous… Neither Beast Nor Man (2:38) 10. Head Towards the Animals (2:48) 11. Beautiful (4:09) 12. Tooth and Claw (6:18) 13. That's All There Is (3:26) 14. Captured (2:26) 15. Central Park (4:36) 16. The Empire State Building (2:36) 17. Beauty Killed the Beast I (2:00) 18. Beauty Killed the Beast II (2:23) 19. Beauty Killed the Beast III (2:15) 20. Beauty Killed the Beast IV (4:46) 21. Beauty Killed the Beast V (4:14) Produced by James Newton Howard & Jim Weidman Music Composed by James Newton Howard Additional Music by Blake Neely & Chris P... Read review

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