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MOS Chilled 1991-2008

by: Various Artists

Release Date May 19, 2008
The tracks that stand out as 'chilled' music are great!
Not enough of them. Many fillers, some i hadn't heard before, and for good reason, they either were not 'chilled' music or/and not easy to listen to at all. This really should be 2 discs, and be done with the unknown and unchilled.

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Now That's What I Call Music 70

by: Various Artists

Release Date July 21, 2008
Had a sneek preview and i must say it is by far the best 'Now' album yet ...great for listening to when you are getting ready to go out and a real mood making collection!

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That's Proper Folk

by: Various Artists

Release Date April 07, 2008
The title seems specific enough, but is a misnomer. This is a variable hotch-potch - covers multiple genres - a bad thing given the title! For example the first track is a trumpet based samba type track... didn't bode well. Martin Simpson is proper folk... but I had this track already. Just don't expect guitar, fiddle, squeezebox etc.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

by: Various Artists

Release Date August 28, 2000
I'm not from the US, my family hail from Kashmir and I was born in the UK, grew up listening to punk rock but WOW! The soundtrack literally drips with the era and place it hails from; every time I hear a snippet I swear I can feel the heat and smell the wheat - so amazing!

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Now That's What I Call Music Vol.69

by: Various Artists

Release Date March 17, 2008
This is a good CD with some catchy songs on it, but they can get a bit boring after a while.
But it still has some catchy songs on it, so i'm giving it 5 stars.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Ethiopiques - the Very Best of Ethiopiques: Hypnotic Grooves from the Legendary Series

by: Various Artists

Release Date August 13, 2007
The 28 tracks on this wonderful double CD are drawn from a series of 23 Ethiopiques albums put together by the inspirational French promoter and champion of Ethiopian music Francis Falceto. This haunting, uplifting music which is an intriguing mixture of jazz, soul, funk & folk was created and recorded in Addis Ababa during the final years of Emperor Haile Selassie's reign(1930-74).
'The Very Best of Ethiopiques' has been described as "doing for Ethiopia what the Buena Vista Social Club did for Cuba" and this marvellous music certainly deserves to reach the widest possible audience.

CD-Charts Position 7
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Massive Reggae

by: Various Artists

Release Date June 30, 2008
The 28 tracks on this wonderful double CD are drawn from a series of 23 Ethiopiques albums put together by the inspirational French promoter and champion of Ethiopian music Francis Falceto. This haunting, uplifting music which is an intriguing mixture of jazz, soul, funk & folk was created and recorded in Addis Ababa during the final years of Emperor Haile Selassie's reign(1930-74).
'The Very Best of Ethiopiques' has been described as "doing for Ethiopia what the Buena Vista Social Club did for Cuba" and this marvellous music certainly deserves to reach the widest possible audience.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Juno

by: Various Artists

Release Date January 28, 2008
Delicate sounds; perfect for sitting in the sunshine with a glass of wine. This arrived on Friday - and I have not stopped listening to it... Kinya Dawson's lyrics are amazing. Highly recommended.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Classic FM Guitar - The Ultimate Collection

by: Various Artists

Release Date June 16, 2008

This Classic FM 2CD collection of classical guitar music was released at the same time as the Classic FM `Full Works' series of 50 separate CDs, so was slightly upstaged and pushed to the back of the class.

However, it's Classic FM's first serious venture into the area of classical guitar music and with this in mind I think it's a well considered offering. It's not the `Ultimate' of course as the title claims - even a large collection of John Williams, Julian Bream and Andres Segovia wouldn't scratch the surface - but it does score well I think for its success at displaying the versatility of the instrument.

Obvious inclusions are Stanley Myers' `Cavatina' (made famous by the film The Deerhunter) but more interesting perhaps are the transcriptions, from ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Hed Kandi - the Mix Summer 2008

by: Various Artists

Release Date June 30, 2008
Faultless compilation and the best I've heard from Hed Kandi for a while, CD2 is in my opinion outstanding with not too many obvious tunes but well programmed and full-on and funky you can't go wrong with this one "Buy it"!