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Born by: Bond List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £6.98 You Save: £2.01 (22%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0766486694521 Label: Universal Classics Manufacturer: Universal Classics Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Universal Classics Release Date: August 25, 2003 Running Time: 62 minutes Studio: Universal Classics Sales Rank: 1987 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Born, the debut album by four conservatoire-trained young women has little to do with classical music. It's a gimmick, fusing a string quartet of frivolous femmes, spicy girls who all want to be "Posh", with dance beats, a big production mixing their violins, viola and cello with polished electronics. Add an enormous marketing budget and watch them top the charts. Taking themselves less than seriously--they played the James Bond theme at their Royal Albert Hall debut gig--pop "Victory" looks assured. This single bounces along with a dash of Rossini's Barber of Seville and a real sense of pop melodrama, in spirit little different from what guitarist John Williams did with his rather less photogenic band Sky in the late 1970s. What may surprise is that tracks such as the frenetic world-dance "Quixote" are penned by the film composer Magnus Fiennes, brother of the more famous Ralph and Joseph. "Winter" adds Jean Michel Jarre-style synth and voice-over to the ghost of Vivaldi and the infectious beat goes on, and on, and on. Sex sells, and Bond's success seems assured: this is a state-of-the-art product, but with Mike Batt of Wombles fame's bonus remix of "Victory" just don't expect it to be art. --Gary S Dalkin Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Not just pretty facesI'm a hardened, dyed-in-the-wool classical music lover. I have hundreds of classical cds and maybe one shelf of what you'd call pop. This cd, as has been said, is not classical. Oh sure, the tunes are familiar, but there's a disco beat to them and they've been heavily arranged. When I first saw this group, I did wonder if they were following the lamentable modern trend of looks over talent. But you know what? I actually really enjoyed it. These ladies can play. Very well, in fact. It's perfect if you like classical, but are in the mood for something a little wilder, or maybe if you are not at all into classical but want to dip your toe in the water. In short, this was the first Bond album I bought. I now ... Read More: Rating:  - Bond - BornI bought this with very high expectations, having seen them on Classic FMTV I was impressed with these performances. I was very disappointed with the overall content of the disc and even less so with the music itself. I would have to agree with another review that this cd has been brough together with a big budget and little in music quality. Rating:  - Finally a way for plebs like myself to enjoy classical musicI typically don't have the stomach to listen to classical music, though I do enjoy the tunes, I often find them interspersed with dozens of minutes of near silence, maybe I've just listened to the wrong songs. Anyway, Bond has turned some fantastic melodies into amazing songs with a very dancey feel which I could listen to as dance tracks but also appreciate that I am listening to superior music than can be found in most modern dance tracks. There is very little filler on this album, I do tend to skip past "Hymn" but everything else is pure gold. I adore "Winter" and "Victory" but my favourite is "Alexander the Great", it is fast paced, with a russian feel and I just want to play air violin every time I hear it. All the other songs ... Read More: Rating:  - NOT BAD!!!This is an album which, to be honest has so much potential, it is just a shame it hasn't fulfilled it. The "lovely" girls have skills which are unquestionable, and have made some great classics into fabulous modernised versions, albeit a small problem or two. Annoying synthesised drumming and strange record scratching in the background spoils what is otherwise an excellent album. Rating: - absolutely amazing!!!wow!!! where do i start??? these four ladies are some of the most talented i have ever heard! their mix of clasical/instrumental is to say the least, out of this time period! its like nothing you have ever heard!!! they blow my mind everytime i listen to them!! this cd is a MUST HAVE!!! you cant pass this up!!! |
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