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1. Review for the album "ΕΡΩΤΑ ΜΟΥ ΖΩΗ ΜΟΥ (1981)"
2. Review for the collection "100 MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONGS CD 1 (2004)"
3. Review for the album "People (1964)"
4. Review for the album "Illuminations (2010)"
5. Review for the album "Guilty (1980)"
Review for the album «ΕΡΩΤΑ ΜΟΥ ΖΩΗ ΜΟΥ (1981)»
ΛΟΥΜΑΚΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ
1. ΕΡΩΤΑ ΜΟΥ ΖΩΗ ΜΟΥ
2. Ο ΘΕΟΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΨΥΧΗ ΣΟΥ
3. ΚΟΙΤΑ ΝΑ ΔΕΙΣ ΑΝ ΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ
4. Μ ΕΝΑΝ ΑΝΤΡΑ ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΑ
5. ΟΛΟΙ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΕΝΑ ΧΟΜΠΥ
6. ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ ΔΙΚΑΣΜΕΝΟΙ
7. ΑΜΑ ΘΕΛΕΙΣ ΕΣΥ
8. ΤΙ ΚΡΙΜΑ
9. ΣΤΗΝ ΕΠΟΧΗ ΠΟΥ ΖΟΥΜΕ
10. ΑΚΟΜΑ ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΩ ΝΑ ΣΕ ΞΕΧΑΣΩ
11. ΠΑΡΕΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΕΡΩΤΑ
12. ΚΙΝΔΥΝΕΥΩ
User Billy Lo has published review:
ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΟΣ!!!
«ΠΑΡΑ ΠΟΛΥ ΩΡΑΙΟΣ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΣΤΗΣ Ο ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ ΛΟΥΜΑΚΟΣ.ΜΑΚΑΡΙ ΑΥΤΗ Η ΙΣΤΟΣΕΛΙΔΑ ΝΑ ΕΙΧΕ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥΣ ΥΠΟΛΟΙΠΟΥΣ ΔΙΣΚΟΥΣ.»
Review for the collection «100 MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONGS CD 1 (2004)»
1. EVERLASTING LOVE
2. COOL
3. WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL
4. A THOUSAND MILES.
5. TRY
6. LUKA
7. RUN, BABY, RUN
8. NEVER TEAR US APART
9. WIVES AND LOVERS
10. LIFTED
11. OUT OF REACH
12. SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST
13. TOO LOST IN YOU
14. ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR LOVE
15. I'LL STAND BY YOU
16. SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHT ON
17. ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW
18. SECRET SMILE
19. WONDERWALL
20. IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE
User Markos Dasyras has published review:
Μοναδικό.
«Παλιές αξεχαστες, υπέροχες, ταξιδιάρικες και ερωτικές μελωδίες. Εψαχνα ενα τραγούδι και βρήκα 10!!! Κατεβάστε το είναι υπέροχα όλα! Θα σας ταξιδέψει πίσω στο χρόνο με τον πιο ρομαντικό τρόπο.»
Review for the album «People (1964)»
Barbra Streisand
1. Absent Minded Me
2. When In Rome (I Do As The Romans)
3. Fine And Dandy
4. Supper Time
5. Will He Like Me
6. How Does The Wine Taste
7. I'm All Smiles
8. Autumn
9. My Lord And Master
10. Love Is A Bore
11. Don't Like Goodbyes
12. People (From Broadway Musical)
User kay cur has published review:
A great surprise
«I love Barbra -- have for years. "Love is the Answer" is one of my favorite of her recent albums. But there were moments in this new Streisand DVD that took even this ardent Streisand fan by surprise. Her voice has always been a combination of technical amazement and an actors' instinct of time and place. All that is in abundance here -- an actor in an intimate space, surrounded by more peers than fans and with no BS allowed. You can fully see Barbra "sensing" it -- that vibe that says "Be real." That's what makes this DVD one of her greatest performances. It has a roughness in both voice and intimacy that excites. Her career, always a balance of commercial success and artistry, is in full view here. I urge you to share this DVD with your friends, your children and especially anyone who wants to be in "The Show Business" because here is captured an exciting record of countless years of fame, awards and acclaim distilled in a small New York club, with sensational songs, marvelous musicians, and that rarest of all things -- an artist in her prime and still fully in her game. Brava Barbra!»
Review for the album «Illuminations (2010)»
Josh Groban
1. The Wandering Kind (Prelude)
2. Bells Of New York City
3. Galileo (Someone Like You)
4. L'Ora Dell'Addio
5. Hidden Away
6. Au Jardin Des Sans - Pourquoi
7. Higher Window
8. If I Walk Away
9. Love Only Knows
10. Voce Existe Em Mim
11. War At Home
12. London Hymn
13. Straight To You
14. They Won'T Go When I Go
15. Le Cose Che Sei Per Me
16. Feels Like Home
User kay cur has published review:
Beautiful but sad
«Josh Groban has always been a great singer. What is really amazing is that after years of voice lessons he is noticeably better. How could he improve what was already so great? He managed. Everything is clearer, purer, richer, better executed. His lowest notes used to be his downfall & he sometimes struggled with them, but no more. His higher range notes sound more relaxed, more powerful, clearer. Unbelievable. The one oddity, for a near-operatic baritone, is that he relies a great deal on falsetto, which sometimes works well, but not always.
The sound on this album is just crystal clear, clean, awesome. I've never heard anything sound so clean.
Josh wrote 11 of the songs on this album, mostly with collaborators. This is more than he's written before. The songs include quite a bit of variety, with some sounding distinctly classical, others sounding more like folk ballads, and one ("The War At Home") sounding just a little bit country-ish. The lyrics and sound are generally moving and thought provoking.
The album is missing some of the more avante-guarde elements of some of his earlier albums -- and generally comes off as more traditional -- and yet not traditional. His melodies always take unexpected twists. His voice makes unexpected shifts in timbre. Just as you think you're in familiar territory musically, suddenly you're not. But the stuff he did with Mouquet and Heap in the past were more experimental, which is the one thing I really miss on this album, though "Voce Existe in Mim" has a bit of the quality of those prior works of Josh's.
In the past, I saw him as part of an international community of fusionists who were working to fuse elements of all sorts of music together to form new sounds. I saw him as the first mainstream new music composer; but this album isn't like that so much. Its newness is more subtle. It does not really sound like anything else that's been out there before, while not using any exotic elements.
Josh is profoundly creative, one of the most revolutionary forces in music today, a real genius -- one who picks up the torch of classical music and moves it in new directions. And, yet, there is that hypnotic singability of some of the choruses.
Josh considers this to be essentially a "live" album. Many songs were "one take." And, yet, you don't notice. It is all apparently flawless.
Instruments: predominantly piano and strings
Comments about some individual songs -- all having a rich and soaring sound, BTW:
Wandering kind: an instrumental piece composed by Josh when he was 12, with added musicians. Complex, beautiful, cheerful
Bells of New York City: minor, mournful
Galileo: A cover of an Irish song by Declan O'Rourke. This is the one song I find annoying on here. While a pretty song, it takes as its theme bemusement at the idea of a scientist falling in love and not finding a scientific explanation for his feelings. As a scientist, I find this offensive, as it seems to imply that scientists are not naturally human and that it's odd for us to be just like everyone else.
L'Ora Dell'Adio: the most operatic of these pieces. It really show cases the maximum magnificence of Josh's voice. Lyrics in Italian.
Hidden Away: the first released single of which there is an official music video featuring Miss Kentucky 2009. This starts out with a very sweet, pop-like tone, but deteriorates into a sequence with many rough transitions between baritone and falsetto. This is not my favorite one of the songs musically, but it's starting to grow on me. It has a very nice message about trying to be positive and loving, rather than keeping warmth inside.
Au Jardin de sans pourquoi: I find this one particularly beautiful, though he does have a tendency to go back and forth over the same interval a lot. Lyrics in French. one of the few where Josh wrote the music alone, though it's considered a "cover" of another piece, presumably because of the words)
Higher Window: a very beautiful, but sad love song about a man who may have missed his chance after initially rejecting a woman.
If I Walk Away: This is a love song with a very catchy & singable chorus. A fun one.
Love Only Knows: Another one with a very catchy and singable chorus -- very hard to get out of my head, but leaving me with a feeling that this guy is ultimately going to get hurt.
Voce Existe in Mim: This is my personal favorite. It has a huge sound with very unusual sequences, where the voice is not so dominant and the instrumentals are very strong. This is probably the most experimental sounding one, and features a large all female drumming group. Lyrics in Portuguese.
War at Home: This one has a slight hint of country sound. It's about soldiers who have suffered in war. Josh wrote this after a visit to Walter Reed Hospital. It's very, very moving -- very hard to get out of my head. I predict that this is going to be the most popular out of this album.
London Hymn: This is heavy on the instrumentals, with Josh blending in, very orchestral and choral. In Latin.
Straight to You: a cover of a rock song by Nick Cave. Well, if you're a rock fan, you won't like it. If you're a pop/classical fan, you wouldn't like the original and will like this one much better.
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Addendum
After listening to this at least five more times now, I am struck by a pervasive sadness about the thing. It sounds like Josh's love life hasn't been going very well. There is a sense of yearning in all the songs -- of pain, really. Josh is such a clown in his spoken life, and sometimes he wonders why people think he is so serious, but the music sounds very serious, almost grim.
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Second Addendum
In his "Before We Begin" concert at Union Chapel, Josh explained that "London Hymn" was written in London, shortly after he wrote "The War at Home." It is a sort of quiet requiem piece that has afterthoughts about his visit to Walter Reed Hospital.
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Third addendum
In his "Before We Begin" concert in Toronto, Jan. 13, Josh explained that "Au jardin des sans pourquoi" had lyrics written by Rufus Wainwright and his mother, both of whom are or were noted songwriters. though Josh wrote the music . At one of the "Before We Begin" concerts, Wainright came up to ask if the song had made it onto the record. It turned out it was the only song he had written with his mother and she had died shortly thereafter.
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Fourth addendum:
I saw a recent interview where Josh said that "If I Walk Away" was written to his parents and other people in his life who keep him grounded -- to encourage them to continue keeping him grounded.»
Review for the album «Guilty (1980)»
Barbra Streisand
1. Guilty
2. Woman In Love
3. Run Wild
4. Promises
5. The Love Inside
6. What Kind Of Fool
7. Life Story
8. Never Give Up
9. Make It Like A Memory
User kay cur has published review:
Guiltily Amazing!
«On September 23, 1980, Barbra Streisand released Guilty, the most successful and arguably the most satisfying pop album of her long and legendary recording career. The album spawned three top ten singles; the first release, "Woman In Love," topped the pop charts for three weeks in October 1980, the second and third singles were smash duets with collaborator Barry Gibb, the infectious mid-tempo "Guilty" and the power ballad "What Kind of Fool." The fact that this celebrated duo teamed up and made history is almost as interesting as the music he wrote and produced and the songs she performed. Upon its initial release in 1980, "Guilty" was quickly certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and, within two months, achieved Platinum status. It has gone on to be certified 5x's Platinum, with sales exceeding 5,000,000 copies in the U.S. alone and 12 million worldwide. It is one of Streisand's record-breaking tally of 49 Gold, 30 Platinum and 13 Multi-Platinum albums. According to the RIAA, she is the industry's #1 best selling female recording artist...and the only female in the top ten.
On August 30, 2005, 25 years later, Guilty was re-released not only in LPCM format, but also as a Dual Disc. Side One contains the original songs dusted off and tweaked so meticulously, you'll hear notes and instruments that you've never heard before. Side Two is the real treat. It's a DVD that consists of a brand new interview with Barbra and Barry on the recording of Guilty - taped June 2005, two live performances, "Guilty" and "What Kind Of Fool" from Barbra's legendary 1986 "One Voice" concert at her Malibu home, an excerpt "Stranger In A Strange Land," one of the eleven new songs from her upcoming September 20 release, titled Guilty Pleasures, a preview of the new album and a Photo Gallery of the sessions with Gibb.
The reason for all of this fanfare is of course to promote the most anticipated album of the upcoming fall music season. Before I jump ahead to her upcoming release, "Guilty Pleasures," let's go back to where it all began.
By the late 70's, the Bee Gees were the hottest act around, coming off of Saturday Night Fever and six consecutive Number One singles. Meanwhile, Streisand had become the ultimate pop princess-- scoring a dozen Top 40 hits in the decade, including four Number One's which included "The Way We Were," "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" (both winning Grammy's and Best Song Oscars), and two historic duets, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" with Neil Diamond and "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" with Donna Summer.
In August 1980, the first single, "Woman in Love" written by Barry & Robin Gibb, was released to radio and began a swift rise to the top of the charts. The song was like nothing that Barbra had ever attempted in her then 18-year recording career. The hooks were pure Bee Gees magic and the backup vocals were gorgeously ethereal. It was one of the best pop songs of Streisand's career. With the mounting success of the single, the anticipation for the album rapidly increased. Five weeks later, the suspense was terminated. Within three weeks after the release, Streisand owned the top of Billboard Hot 100 and Album charts with "Woman in Love" and Guilty, respectively.
The title cut kicked off the album, which was a mid-tempo duet with Gibb. It was an absolute joy to hear Barbra using her voice in such a playful way. She and Barry complimented each other beautifully, as they did on the album's only other duet, the power ballad "What Kind of Fool."
Another highlight on the album was "The Love Inside," which is a lavish song of lost love. Barbra's unique brand of quiet longing married to the lush arrangement makes this one of the finest in her repertoire, and proves that nobody can break your heart and sell a song like Streisand.
"Promises" is the closest that the Gibb Brothers came to delivering a disco song when disco was already on its way out. The song smartly used Gibb's dance element but slowed it down just enough to make it a mid-tempo romp with Streisand easily gliding in and out of the melodious hooks.
For those of you who prefer a more traditional ballad, "Run Wild" proved to be right up Streisand's alley for the familiar sound most people associate her with.
"Life Story" is a song that could have easily been used as a James Bond theme song. Nobody knows their way around dramatic chord changes like Barry Gibb, and this song is no exception. Streisand's flair for the dramatic intensified the atmosphere even more.
"Never Give Up" was also a departure for Streisand. This is the first song where the synthesizer actually complimented the songbird's voice -- and when you thought it was all studio trickery, the bridge came and Streisand sang it with all of her Broadway bravado.
The final track "Make It Like A Memory" is the most dramatic of the nine-song set. The sonata combines Streisand the actress with Streisand the singer, and what we get is close to a three act play with a jaw-dropping vocal and a wild guitar solo. Streisand coos at one moment and is belting the next with so much raw emotion, she literally takes you on a seven and a half minute roller coaster ride.
Guilty is the most unique album of Streisand's pop catalogue, and it's easily apparent why it was Number One in over a dozen countries and sold over twelve million units worldwide. The ingredients that Gibb cooked up for this album are so delicious that even non-Streisand fans ate it up.
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