| | Xscape Understanding CD Xscape Discography of CDs
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Xscape released three albums and charted a dozen singles during their existence, so a straightforward compilation of the singles and choice album cuts is entirely necessary. Although this ten-track budget release leaves out many of the group's biggest hits, it does contain some better-known songs ("Understanding," "My Little Secret," "Love on My Mind"), while also relying on album material. ~ Andy Kellman
Xscape released three albums and charted a dozen singles during their existence, so a straightforward compilation of the singles and choice album cuts is entirely necessary. Unfortunately, the first Xscape compilation was this randomized mess, a ten-track budget release that leaves out most of the group's biggest hits. You'd think "Just Kickin' It" and "Who Can I Run To" -- two number one singles -- would be automatics, but neither one is included. A handful of other Top Ten cuts are missing as well. Instead, the disc contains a few better-known songs ("Understanding," "My Little Secret," "Love on My Mind"), but it's just as reliant on album material. ~ Andy Kellman Understanding Music Review Purchase Understanding CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | American Music Club Everclear CD (1991)
Understanding album
 $11.65   
EVERCLEAR, AMC's finest hour and one the '90s' most powerful albums, is simultaneously lush and searing, heartache and despair borne out in elegant arrangements that combine fragile prettiness and soul-baring howls of pain. Multi-instrumentalist Bruce Kaphan rose to the occasion of his production debut. The canyons of reverb on the instruments are strangely appropriate, highlighting the almost decadent, tragically beautiful feel of the songs. Keyboards, pedal steel, and acoustic guitars drift like abandoned ships swirling around in a colorfully tempestuous sea full of unknown nautical demons. Guitarist Vudi contributes some of the most artful, non-traditional sounds ever concocted by a "rock" axeman.
The album begins with a slow, soulful lament to a love who's either sleeping or dead, before taking up the subject of mortality more fully in the anthemic "Rise," written by Eitzel for an AIDS-stricken friend. Eitzel observes the trials of those around him on "Ex-Girlfriend," ...
| | Lloyd Southside CD (2004)
Understanding CD music
$12.05 
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Understanding music CDs
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| | Trembling Blue Stars Last Holy Writer CD (2007) (Import) United Kingdom
Understanding songs
$15.25
Truth be told, the Trembling Blue Stars routine was getting kind of stale by the release of Seven Autumn Flowers in 2004. With that album they crossed the line that divides reliable and predictable; no longer did the morose lyrics, melancholy vocals, minor chords and cheesy synths make a positive impression. Luckily for fans of the band, The Last Holy Writer is a comeback of sorts, certainly an improvement, and maybe even one of their finest records. How did they do it? It's hard to say because on the surface it seems like not much has changed sound or mood-wise. There's still a preponderance of downbeat lyrics and Bob Wratten hasn't suddenly traded in his mope for a smile, no fear of that anytime soon. The building blocks of their sound are mostly the same too. What makes a difference here is a boost in the overall energy level from unrelenting gloom to mostly sad, a slightly expanded sonic palette that makes room for field recordings and a wider range of drum sounds, and most importantly, some really good songs. Chief among them are the Beth Arzy-sung "Idyllwild" which, much like Helen Reddy on the last album, fairly bursts out of the speakers like sun through the clouds, "Darker, Colder, Slower," which has the kind dramatic shifts in dynamics and tone TBS Records need more of, the laid-back near-country rocker "The ...
| | Usher Confessions: Special Edition CD (2004) Special Edition
Understanding album
$9.59
Usher has been a symbol of tender sexuality ever since he shifted from teenage sensation to soulful superstar. He's breathtakingly good at what he does; possessing that undefinable essence known to a select few soul crooners (Al Green, D'Angelo, etc.) who radiate sensuality through song, Usher has reached an apex on the sultry CONFESSIONS, his fifth studio album.
After the obligatory intro, Lil Jon kicks in with his exhortations on the catchy, dance-floor-ready single "Yeah." Usher follows that up with the sublimely sweet "Throwback," a torch song with a fantastic Motown hook. On "Confessions Part II," he exposes his most vulnerable side when admitting to his lover that he's fathered a child with another woman. Exemplifying his versatility, Usher follows the standard pop ballad "Simple Things" with the guitar-riff-driven "Bad Girl," somewhere between 1970s funk and '80s Prince. CONFESSIONS is the sound of an R&B luminary at t
Includes 4 New Tracks Prev.#Ari 52141
Personnel: Usher (vocals); ...
| | Xscape Off The Hook CD (1995)
Understanding CD music
$6.99
Adding their voices to the recent vocal group bonanza is Xscape--also known as Tocha, Tamika, Tiny and Kandi--four ladies from Atlanta with a good feel for a slow groove. This is classic, slow R&B, done in the style of After 7 and Boyz II Men. But in this case it's the women who are getting their say. Backed by some solid studio musicians, and with some first-rate songs, Xscape displays their versatility, their soul, and above all, a knack for creating sensuous music.
"Hard To Say Goodbye" is a good example of what Xscape does best. A solo voice starts out things with a sultry, no-nonsense proclamation of love. Then Tamika adds her strong alto to the mix, and the rest of the group kicks in with some luxurious harmonizing. The whole groove gets wrapped up with some super-slick production, and you've pretty much got the Xscape sound summed up. Musically, the group ...
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Understanding music CDs
$12.29
| | Sounds Good In The Nude CDs (2003)
Understanding songs
$9.69
Released to celebrate the 100th title in the Tummy Touch Records catalog, Sounds Good in the Nude is a two-disc continuous-mix set of midtempo house, nicely chilled dub, and all-around romantic instrumental dance music with a faintly lounge-y aftertaste. Disc one is mixed by Tom Findlay of ...
| | Pure Summer Moods CDs (2006)
Understanding album
$13.19
| | Richard Lahmy Les Chemins De La Joie CD (2007)
Understanding CD music
$16.45
RICHARD TSION LAHMY "...I have written and ...
| | Voice Trek Christmas Live CD (2007)
Understanding music CDs
$14.79
| | Mayada El Hennawy Amr El Hawa CD (1986)
$13.75 | | Swartalf Golden Section CD (2006) (Import)
Understanding songs
$17.09
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