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Tavares - The Greatest Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Tavares

Release Date May 15, 2000
A great collection of timeless evergreen classics, from the days when singers relied on singing ability and not studio technology to sound good!

I love all the tracks on here, but was really disappointed to find that what is arguably Tavares best known song, "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" is not included. Well at least the original isn't included, what is offered in its place is perhaps one of the most dreadful, tacky 80's re-mixes I have heard. It sounded like Stock, Aitken and Waterman's collective mothers had been let loose in the studio!!!

I would love to know who makes the decision to include this kind of garbage on an otherwise great collection. Re-mixes are usually added to albums as bonus tracks, not replacements ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 332
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Waterloo

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Abba

Release Date March 22, 2002
The title track has never been one of my favourite Abba songs and so that doesn't start this one on a solid footing, although there is no doubt that Abba are the best thing ever to come out of the Eurovision Song Contest apart from Secret Garden.

This has a similar feel to the first album, although the real hints of pop music writing genius are becoming evident in "Hasta Manana" one of their most endearing songs and a blueprint for so many pop songs that were to follow and "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)". Sadly songs like "Sitting in the Palm Tree" and "King Kong Song" are dreadful and the kind of thing you would expect from trashy party groups like Black Lace. It's a tough call as to whether this is an improvement on Ring Ring. Perhaps ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 333
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Sympathique

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Pink Martini

Release Date February 28, 2005
When Pink Martini opened the Sydney Festival this year I fell in love with China Forbes at least as a singer. This disc contains much that they performed & do so well. In fact I came home and ordered the CDS straight away and they don't disappoint!

Forbes & Pink M must be the only performers who can do Que Sera without you wishing they were Doris day!

Great disc as everyone else says - even greater band if you can catch them live - awesome sound and perfectionists in getting the balance spot on!

I hope I'll remember them and not just for singing and playing Brazil over a fire work show, need less to say Pink Martini won! Check them out on U Tube!

CD-Charts Position 334
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Shapes 2008 Vol.2

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various Artists

Release Date October 20, 2008
When Pink Martini opened the Sydney Festival this year I fell in love with China Forbes at least as a singer. This disc contains much that they performed & do so well. In fact I came home and ordered the CDS straight away and they don't disappoint!

Forbes & Pink M must be the only performers who can do Que Sera without you wishing they were Doris day!

Great disc as everyone else says - even greater band if you can catch them live - awesome sound and perfectionists in getting the balance spot on!

I hope I'll remember them and not just for singing and playing Brazil over a fire work show, need less to say Pink Martini won! Check them out on U Tube!

CD-Charts Position 335
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A Girl Like Me

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Rihanna

Release Date April 24, 2006
Don't get me wrong this album is really good, but i feel her first album is better.Here's a review of each song:
SOS-10/10 A brillant choice for the first single, a great dance tune
Kisses don't lie-10/10 A great pop/rock tunes one of my favourites off the album
Unfaithful-10/10 Written by ne-yo,it would defo be a hit which it was i think it went to number 2,i loved this song,but then i got bored of it coz it was being overplayed but now i love it again
We ride-7/10 A good song from rihanna but not one of her best, i don't think it should have been released as a single
Dem haters feat dwane husbands-10/10 A great tune about how to deal with haters
Final goodbye-10/10 A nice ballad from rihanna
Break it off feat sean paul-10/10 ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 336
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Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Micah P. Hinson

Release Date July 14, 2008
Micah P Hinson's fourth album - the first I've heard since his powerful debut `Michah P Hinson and the Gospel of Progress' - is an accomplished work and the sound of a prolific artist heading for an artistic peak. Produced by alt-rock mixing guru John Congleton, renowned for the dark gloss put on albums by the likes of Anthony & the Johnsons, Modest Mouse and Explosions in the Sky, `Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra' is somehow both expansive and concise, brooding but melodic. Much is made of Hinson's troubled past, and I imagine his record label see the value in backing up his cracked baratone with claims of former drug and alcahol addiction, time in prison and, um, chain-smoking, as if to add gravitas to his skinny geek looks. None of those claims of authenticity ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 337
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Music For the Mature B-Boy

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: DJ Format

Release Date March 24, 2003
This album is great fun from beginning to end. A lighthearted beat infused concoction this album is always entertaining and never dull. Even the cheesy cookery analogy doesn't tire and adds a bizarre kind of depth to this funky and upbeat album.

The guest vocalists add a dash of pedigree to the catchy tunes and while it is not going to be heralded as groundbreaking it is a cracking album that will never fail to add cheer to your day.

There are no low points with this record and I would advise it as a fail safe record for those people wishing to dabble in the murky waters of the hip hop world. I can guarantee you will not disappointed!

CD-Charts Position 338
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I'm in Love With a German Film Star

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Sam Taylor-Wood, Pet Shop Boys

Release Date November 01, 2008
I love the original post-punk classic by the Passions, the epic power of it still blows me away. Let's say, that you wouldn't want just any old one covering this. Luckily it's in a safe pair of hands with the Pet Shop Boys producing it. They have a fine reputation for working with female artists, think Dusty Springfield. And Sam Taylor-Wood puts in a good vocal, but it's the sublime arrangements that seduce me more than her voice if I'm being totally honest. It's not quite as brilliant as the original, but I don't think anyone would expect it to be. But it's still a wonderful and very commendable attempt at updating it into a modern dance tune, and it's been covered very tastefully with a lot of love and respect. However, another act that could also have got away with doing this is Goldfrapp, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 339
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Music For An Accelerated Culture

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Hadouken!

Release Date May 05, 2008
its so-so. all the tracks sound pretty similar though. But I'm not a major Hadouken fan.
If you like tracks like That Boy That Girl, Liquid Lives and Leap Of Faith then this isn't really for you........

CD-Charts Position 340
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The Hardest Way to Make An Easy Living: Parental Advisory

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Streets

Release Date April 10, 2006
At least in this genre-being grime. The Streets are great, Mike Skinner having such a unique style of, well i don't know talking, rapping? And Leo the Lion is just a great singer! The best song on here is propbably never went to church- a sad and moving song about mike's dad, and he pulls songs like this off just as well as he does great party songs like when you wasn't famous. I also really like Can't con an honest john as i think it's great and really easy to listen to.
Overall: A Good album, but Mike's voice get's a bit boring and repetitive towards the end, that's the only reason it drops a mark-highly reccomended