Fired Up!, Vol. 1 CD

Fired Up!, Vol. 1 buy CD music East, Leland Sklar, Cornelius Mims, John Giblin, Freddie Washington (bass); Sheila E.(percussion); Peter Gabriel, Sting, Marva King (background vocals). In the early '80s, Collins took a break from the helm of Genesis to inaugurate a solo career that abandoned his group's art-rock agenda for a mainstream pop approach. In the ensuing years, the king of Nice Guy Pop established himself as one of the world's premier top 40 balladeers, as evidenced by the wall-to-wall hits that make up the balance of this appropriately titled collection. HITS walks the listener through the smooth, well-produced Collins hits that have worked their way into the collective consciousness of radio listeners (even casual ones) over the years. There are majestic power ballads ("I Wish It Would Rain") to light-hearted, infectious pop-funk ("Sussudio") and moody atmospheric pieces ("In the Air Tonight") HITS represents the full range of material this prolific performer has turned out over the course of his wildly successful career. (piano, vibraphone, glockenspiel); David Frank (keyboards, Mini-Moog synthesizer, bass, DMX); Babyface (keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); Nick Glennie-Smith, Rob Mousney, Lesette Wilson (keyboards); Nathan Live Recording The Phoenix Horns: Don Myrick (saxophone); Michael Harris, Rhamlee Michael Davis (trumpet); Louis Satterfield (trombone). The Vine Street Horns: Andrew Woolfolk (saxophone); Harry Kim, Daniel Fornero (trumpet); Arturo Velasco (trombone). Producers include: Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham, Babyface, Lamont Dozier, Arif Mardin. Personnel: Phil Collins (vocals, keyboards, drums, drum machine, tambourine, background vocals); David Crosby, Amy Keyes, Amy Keys, Philip Bailey, Arnold McCuller (vocals); Daryl Stuermer, Dominic Miller, Eric Clapton, Michael Hart Thompson , Michael Landau, Michael Thompson (guitar); Lakshminarayana Shankar (violin); Eric Rigler (Uilleann pipe); Don Myrick, Andrew Woolfolk (saxophone); Daniel Fornero, Harry Kim, Rahmlee Michael Davis (trumpet); Arturo Velasco, Louis Satterfield (trombone); Vine Street Horns (horns); Greg Phillinganes (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Peter Robinson (piano, vibraphone, glockenspiel); David Frank (keyboards, mini-Moog synthesizer); Babyface (keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); Lesette Wilson, Rob Mounsey, Brad Cole (keyboards); Paulinho Da Costa, Sheila E. (percussion); Lynn Fiddmont, Helen Terry, Alex Brown, Marva King, Peter Gabriel, Sting (background vocals). Illustrator: Janfranco Caro. Arrangers: Tom Tom 84; Harry Kim; Phil Collins. Personnel includes: Phil Collins (vocals, keyboards, drums, tambourine, drum programming); Philip Bailey, David Crosby, Marilyn Martin, Amy Keys, Arnold McCuller (vocals); Dominic Miller, Daryl Stuermer, Michael Thompson, Michael Landau, Ronnie Caryl, Eric Clapton (guitar); L. Shankar (violin); Eric Rigler (Uileann pipes); Greg Phillinganes (piano, Wurlitzer piano); Peter Robinson

Fired Up!, Vol. 1 CD music Evanescence won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. FALLEN was nominated for Album Of The Year and for Best Rock Album. "Bring Me To Life" won for Best Hard Rock Performance. The song was also nominated for Best Rock Song. Picture Tori Amos fronting Nickelback and you'll get an idea of the sound behind Evanescence, an Arkansas quartet whose introduction to the world came via the DAREDEVIL soundtrack. With its debut FALLEN, Evanescence further pushes the envelope on the aforementioned description, with frontwoman Amy Lee pouring her light-yet-strong vocals into the aggro-rock workout "Bring Me to Life" and industrial trip-hop of "My Last Breath." Although guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt leave no riff unplayed on hard-hitting cuts like "Going Under" and "Taking Over Me," Lee brings a nice balance to the table with her gorgeous piano runs, which come to the fore on the very Amos-like "Hello." The perfect balance of hard and soft is met on "Haunted" with its ambient nuance stoked by clattering beats and loops, crunching riffs, and the use of a children's choir. Goth-like in mood yet nu-metal in execution, FALLEN could very well have been where Amos' first group Y Kant Tori Read ended up had they not come along 15 years too soon. Personnel: Amy Lee (vocals); David Hodges (piano, keyboards, programming); Josh Freese (drums); Chris Johnson , Zac Baird (programming). Audio Mixers: Dave Fortman ; Jay Baumgardner; Mark Curry. Recording information: Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Newman Stage, Twentieth Century Fox; NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Ocean Studios, Burbank, CA; Track Records, Inc., North Hollywood, CA. Arranger: Amy Lee . Evanescence: Amy Lee (vocals); Ben Moody (guitar, percussion, programming). Additional personnel: Paul McCoy (vocals); David Hodges (piano, keyboards, programming); Francesco DiCosmo (bass); Josh Freese, Rocky Gray (drums); Zac Baird, Chris Johnson (programming).

Fired Up!, Vol. 1 songs Includes an untitled hidden track at the end of THE LOVE BELOW CD. Additional personnel includes: Sleepy Brown, Jazze Pha, Jay-Z, Killer Mike, Big Gipp, Ludacris, Rosario Dawson, Norah Jones, Kelis, Cee-Lo, Lil Jon, Mello, Slim Calhoun, Kuhjo Goodie. SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW won the 2004 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year and for Best Rap Album. "Hey Ya!" won for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. The song was also nominated for Record Of The Year. Simply put, there is no band that does anything close to what Outkast does. Big Boi & Andre 3000 have consistently managed to maintain mainstream success while obliterating the limits of what is considered to be hip-hop. Frolicking at the outskirts of language, they throw every genre into a blender and make every musical turn sound organic. SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW is actually two solo records fused together, the former by Big Boi, the latter by Andre 3000, with each mind working at an equally frantic pace to create a gloriously split sonic experience. Big Boi opens with a techno intro that fades into industrial-style grinding on "Ghettomusick," before settling into more traditional, although far from ordinary, rap tracks on "Unhappy" and "The Way You Move." His most salient moment comes on "War," an uncompromising condemnation of American politics that strikes the perfect balance of righteous rage and measured speech. When Dre takes the reins, the concoction gets wonderfully weirder with everything from the piano bar pop of "Love Hater" to the call and response of "She Lives in My Lap" to the mystery mix of the outstanding single "Hey Ya!" Following the remarkable STANKONIA, SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW cements Outkast's position as rap innovators and keeps them in the lead as the genre's primary visionaries. Includes an untitled hidden track at the end of Disc 2. 2cds.Explicit. All New Studio Album. Outkast: Andre "3000" Benjamin, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. Producers include: Andre 3000, Mr. DJ, Big Boi, Carl Mo, DoJo 5.

Fired Up!, Vol. 1 album for sale Someone at Sony must have a serious love of dance music, because it's hard to believe this sprawling, hard to figure out compilation was conceived by the marketing department. There are some big names on Everybody Dance Now! Remixed, Remodeled & Remade but a heck of a lot of little ones, and some that'll only ring bells for club historians with a taste for the mainstream. The big names aren't always represented by the big hits, either, but who'd expect to have so many hard-to-finds in one place? If you've been searching for the "Soul Solution Vocal Dub" of Cyndi Lauper's "Ballad of Cleo & Joe" or the "Stephen Nikolas Club Mix" of the Indigo Girls' "Shed Your Skin," they're here, and that means the world to someone. Plenty of the tracks sound horribly dated, but the set is priced right and you don't have to spend a ton of money on eBay to find out that "Rushdance" by Big Audio Dynamite II is lackluster. Camp fanatics can have a ton of fun with Sandra Bernhard's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and the 2000 update of Europe's "The Final Countdown," while more serious clubbers will appreciate the collection favoring full-lengths over edits. DJs will get plenty of use out of the set and everyone else can pick and choose and burn a CD-R to their tastes. ~ David Jeffries 3cds-Mandy Moore/Donna Summer/ Gloria Estefan/Cyndi Lauper Audio Mixers: David Cole; Larry Funk; Robert Clivillés. Audio Remixers: Curt Frasca; Steven Nikolas; Michael Hacker; David Cole; David Morales ; Matt Piso; Dezork; Mark Godwin; Cleveland Allen; Michael Rosenman; DJ Phats; Freddy Bastone; Vito DeLaura; DJ Kiilu Grand; Hex Hector; Matt Grey; Jazzy Jim; Mister Woody; Daryle Swann; Ricky Brown; Junior Vasquez; Love to Infinity; Mac Quayle; Mint Royale; Peter Rauhofer; Robert Clivillés; Soul Solution; The Berman Brothers; Tony Moran; Bobby d'Ambrosio; Brian Rawling. Arrangers: David Cole; Mark Godwin; Robert Clivillés.

Fired Up!, Vol. 1 CD music The FIRED UP! series lies somewhere between the pop universe of the NOW compilations and the energetic mixes put together by Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, and their DJ peers. Instead of opting for underground club hits like the latter, the FIRED UP! collections feature an assortment of high-energy songs and remixes of pop hits, combining them in a glossy, lively mix. FIRED UP! 2 opens brightly with a track that wound its way from clubs to massive radio play, DJ Sammy's cover of Bryan Adams's "Heaven," which gently glides into Dirty Vegas's ultra-catchy Euro-pop number "Days Go By." After that, FIRED UP!'s second installment proceeds to venture into pop territory with Kelly Clarkson and Whitney Houston, before returning to techno-oriented tracks from Amber and Lara Fabian. That's not the end of the chance-taking, though--after two superlative dance-crossover tunes (Telepopmusik's "Breathe" and Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice"), the collection offers up clever mixes of songs by R&B crooner Brian McKnight and adult-alternative superstar Sarah McLachlan. Overall, FIRED UP! 2 boasts an uplifting sound that should appeal to fans of pop and dance alike. Dirty Vegas,Telepopmusik,C. Aguilera,Darude,Delerium,Amber

Fired Up!, Vol. 1 buy CD music Track Listing of songs: Since U Been Gone; This Love; Call on Me; Krazy in Luv; Something; Toxic; Take Me to the Clouds; Milkshake; Into the Groove; Something Happened on the Way to Heaven; I Like It; Beautiful; As the Rush Comes; I Wish I Didn't Miss You; Waiting For a Star to Fall; Turn Me On; Satisfaction; One Word;