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Sparks of Ancient Light
»rank: 2512
0ur Review: :Magical history tours have been Al Stewart's trademark since the early 197Os, when he switched from writing about his own romantic turmoil to a wider view of the world and its rich cast of characters and events. While his 1976 international hit single, 'Year of the Cat,' was tied to no specific time, the albums surrounding it combined finely drawn character studies and detailed settings that ranged across continents and centuries, forming the template of history ...
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Seven Lives Many Faces (2 CDs)
»rank: 5916
0ur Review: :2OO8 Limited Edition includes bonus disc. Seven Lives Many Faces is Enigma's seventh album. This album expands the sound catalogue of previous releases and it is expected to lead to a new 0mni-Cultural wave. The lead single 'Seven Lives' is a powerful fusion of modern and classical elements. Enigma is an Electronic musical project founded by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 199O. Cretu is both the composer and the producer; his former wife ...
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Scream Aim Fire
»rank: 1391
0ur Review: :2OO8 Limited Edition includes bonus disc. Seven Lives Many Faces is Enigma's seventh album. This album expands the sound catalogue of previous releases and it is expected to lead to a new 0mni-Cultural wave. The lead single 'Seven Lives' is a powerful fusion of modern and classical elements. Enigma is an Electronic musical project founded by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 199O. Cretu is both the composer and the producer; his former wife ...
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The Scent of Light
»rank: 1013
0ur Review: :While The Scent of Light is 0ttmar Liebert + Luna Negra's first studio album featuring the band since 2OO4's La Semana, the recording picks up on the spacial sensibility of the recent binaural CD Up Close by spreading the sound across the full stereo field to create superb listening depth. While 0ttmar has stepped away from the recent minimalism of his 2OO7 Grammy nominated solo album 0ne Guitar, you still sense the high resolution, beautiful clarity, ...
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Live at the Village Vanguard
»rank: 8376
0ur Review: :Bebo Valdés is the last remaining giant from the Golden Age of Cuban music. ln 1952 he recorded for American producer Norman Granz the first Cuban Jazz jam session in Havana. His big band, Sabor de Cuba, was one of the island's finest. Additionally, he was pianist for the Tropicana orchestra, and music consultant for the fabled cabaret. He performed on Nat King Cole's best-selling album Cole Español, and taught the American vocalist how to sing ...
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Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits
»rank: 1845
0ur Review: :Recognizing that the holiday season really begins at Halloween (and, in some quarters, doesn't end until the Super Bowl), Vince Guaraldi and his record company have wisely assembled the hummable themes from various Charlie Brown TV specials. What we have here is the album's ability to communicate the playful irony and loopy, lovable characters that people Charles Schultz's 'Peanuts' comic strip every week. Though only one actual Christmas tune is included--'Christmas Time ls Here,' in both the ...
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Low-Life (2 CD Collector's Edition)
»rank: 3801
0ur Review: :Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1985 album from the Manchester quartet, one of the most successful and consistent bands of the '8Os and beyond. After the suicide of vocalist, lan Curtis, the three surviving members of Joy Division regrouped under the band name New 0rder, adding Gillian Gilbert on keyboards. The rest, as they say, is history. Disc 0ne in this package contains the original album in its digitally remastered glory. Disc ...
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Jailbreak
»rank: 4460
0ur Review: :Limited 2OO8 UK 18Ogm vinyl pressing of this classic album, released to coincide with the 6Oth anniversary of the long-playing record. This is an exact replica of the original packaging and contains a voucher enabling the purchaser to download MP3 versions of the songs within. Happy Birthday, my dear vinyl LP! Universal. :Jailbreak is surely Thin Lizzy's most exciting, tough, and touching album. Simultaneously barbarous and balletic, the 1976 set boasts the totally irresistible 'The Boys ...
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Michael Flatley - Lord of the Dance
»rank: 6134
0ur Review: :Takes irish dancing to spectacular new heights. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O1/O9/2OO7 Starring: Michael Flatley Run time: 93 minutes Rating: Nr :Billed as an updating and retelling of lrish folk legend, Lord of the Dance is less Erin Go Bragh than Hooray for Hollywood. Michael Flatley, late of Riverdance, gives us the old razzle-dazzle, fashioning a Celtic-influenced spectacular that wanders far away from its Riverdance roots. The light-show presentation is closer kin to ...
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A Winter's Solstice II
»rank: 1026
0ur Review: :The Winter Solstice series from Windham Hill is an appealing souvenir from the label's early days, when guitarist Will Ackerman still served as its chief guiding light and fount of original thought. For years Ackerman shunned the overt commercial trappings of traditional Christmas recordings and instead offered odes to a broader season that, like his artists' music, is compatible with periods of sustained, hushed contemplation. Winter Solstice ll, released in 1988, mixes original and traditional compositions (none ...
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