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CELEBRATION, Madonna's fourth major hits collection, has the Herculean task of summing up 30 years of chart-topping pop music by one of the true visionary artists of the era. The 18 songs are tilted toward her good-time dancefloor classics, both from her early days ("Holiday," "Into the Groove") and her later techno-influenced songs ("Hung Up," "Ray of Light"). It also adds a newly recorded track, "Celebration," produced with Paul Oakenfold. The only track that comes close to balladry is the mid-tempo Latin groove, "La Isla Bonita." The collection does a fine job of living up to the title--it's certainly a celebration of Madonna's career and includes some of the most celebratory and thrilling pop music ever created.
Madonna's run at the top of the charts lasted so long, longer than almost any other star, it's almost impossible to squeeze all the hits onto one collection. And so it is that Celebration, a double-disc, 36-track set that also has a companion single-disc condensation, misses a few songs, hits as gorgeous as "Rain" and as goofily camp as "Hanky Panky," but truth be told, they're not greatly missed on this parade of pop genius that's hampered only slightly by its non-chronological order. Out of order, it does emphasize Madonna's consistency, but the bigger problem with the collection is that it mixes up album mixes, single edits, Q-Sound mixes pulled from The Immaculate Collection, and a couple of stray odd edits and mixes. This is a mess, but not quite enough to dilute what is one of the greatest bodies of work in modern pop -- even in this mixed-up confusion, these singles are a joy to hear. [This is the condensed, single-disc version of the two-disc compilation.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Photographers: Jean Baptiste Mondino; Herb Ritts; Wayne Maser.Rolling Stone (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "CELEBRATION kicks off with pure bliss and never lets up. It's a dizzying, non-chronological spin through the Madonna years, years it makes you feel lucky to be living through."
Entertainment Weekly (p.56) - "36 tracks covering nearly every phase of her 25-year career. It all holds up surprisingly well." -- Grade: B Madonna Celebration Songs Celebration Review
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Purchase Celebration CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Vikki Carr Love Story/Superstar CD (2003)
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Originally released on Columbia, these two Vikki Carr albums zero in on easy listening versions of popular love songs from the '60s and early '70s. The rather formulaic treatments work best on the well-known compositions of the period, especially "If You Could Read My Mind," "For All We Know," and "So Far Away." Not an essential purchase for casual listeners, but fans who have been waiting for Carr's LPs to make the switch to CD will appreciate it, along with the attached mid-line price. ~ Al Campbell
Twofer combines the 1971 albums, 'Love Story' & 'Superstar' with one bonus track, 'Cabaret' (Single Version). Collectables. 2003.
Originally released on Columbia Records.
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| | P-1 Step CD (2004) Enhanced CD
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P-1: B.A. Arentsen (vocals); Steve Butler (guitar, programming, background vocals); Ron Haynes (trumpet); Tim Deuchler (bass).
P-1: Steve Butler (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums); ...
| | Vikki Carr 10 De Collecion CD (2005) Remastered
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| | G. F. Handel - Messiah DVD (2005)
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In this performance, shot in Westminster Abbey in London, Handel's MESSIAH is lovingly rendered. The cameras beautifully capture the choir of Westminster Abbey and the various musicians who bring the piece to life, while the incredibly beautiful and architecturally distinctive setting is also given plenty of screen time.
Handel's most popular work, ably performed by soloists Judith Nelson and Emma Kirby, ...
| | Vikki Carr Ultimate Collection CDs (2006) England; Remastered
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Vikki Carr is a three-time Grammy Award winner, whose international success spans four decades. She has performed for the Queen, five United States Presidents, wartime soldiers in Vietnam and sold-out audiences around the world. She has worked in radio, television, film and theatre. The diversity of her rich voice is impressive. She can belt out the blues or touch the heart with a soft romantic ballad. Frank Sinatra said, "She possesses my kind of voice," Dean Martin called her "the best girl singer in the business," and Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald both named her among their three favourite female singers of all time. This new box set highlights the very best of her singing talents. Vikki has helped compile the set and included are ...
| | P-1 Power CD (2006)
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Modern-day pop comes in all shapes in sizes, and P-1 have no problem touching upon several different pop approaches on their sophomore effort, 2006's Power. With a sound that runs the pop music gamut, lead singer B.A. handles whichever curve balls are thrown her way -- whether it be dance/house (the album-opening "Let's Go"), Latin pop ("Ladrona"), Jamiroquai-esque chillout tunes ("Wisteria"), or a reggae makeover of Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield." Admittedly, there are quite a few other similar-sounding pop artists who mine similar musical terrain, but P-1 are certainly a cut above the cookie-cutter American Idol type foolishness, as evidenced throughout Power. ~ Greg Prato
Audio Remixer: Vince Lawrence.
Recording information: Avenue A Studios.
Personnel: Perez Hilton (vocals); Steve Butler (rap vocals, guitar); Gerey Johnson (guitar); Zach Brock (violin); Veronica Parrales (cello); Steve Eisen (flute); Ron Haynes ...
| | Maceo Us CD (2003) (Import)
$24.89 | | Polifemo Rock CD (2004)
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A compilation of 12 songs by Argentinean rock group, Polifemo.
EMI gold series greatest hits from Argentinean trio and supporting band for ...
| | Doobie CD (2005)
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BORN and RAISED in DETROIT MI, where superstars as marvin gaye,stevie wonder and slim shady and a host of others who exploded to super stardom from the legendary MOTOWN. DOOBIE, who grew up listening to 2pac, Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls was inspired to start rapping at the young tender age of 10.DOOBIE'S dad built a studio in their home and Doobie would sit and watch his dad all day and night produce tracks for other groups that would come to thier home.one day Doobie was heard rapping in his bedroom by his father and was asked to come rap on a track,surprisingly Doobie begin spitting lyrics with such power and melodies with strong hook lines that shocked his father so much that his dad decided to do an album on Doobie.his dad use to sneak him into open mic clubs around the city of detroit and the crowd would go crazy and be amazed at this kids performances and powerful lyrics.Doobie never had any stage fear about himself while performing on stage with ludicris,young guns,roy jones jr.and many more.subsequently,his dad enrolled him in acting classses and piano lessons.Doobie will be appearing in the hot new dvd coming to a blockbuster near you THE OTHER SIDE OF 8MILE.i'am sure you will enjoy this talented soon to be superstar from motown at the young ...
| | Blood Red Shoes Box Of Secrets CD (2008) (Import) Bonus Track; Japan
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Track Listing of songs: Doesn't Matter Much; You Bring Me Down; Try Harder; Say Something, Say Anything; I Wish I Was Someone Better; ...
| | Kreator Pleasure To Kill CD (2008) (Import)
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Track Listing of songs: Choir of the Damned; Ripping Corpse; Death of Your Saviour; Pleasure to Kill; ...
| | Raphael Saadiq Ray Ray CD (2004)
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Raphael Saadiq has never been one to walk the safe, highly traveled R&B roads. While his compositions, dating back to his days leading the successful trio Tony Toni Tone, have always been of the smoothly palatable R&B variety, they have certainly been somewhat unorthodox, and there has always been a Prince-like unpredictability to Saadiq's career. In 2004, Saadiq followed a solo debut (which snatched multiple Grammy nominations) and a 2003 live record with a concept-album homage to Blaxploitation films of the 1970s.
AS RAY RAY opens with a perfectly true-to-form audio "trailer," which fades into the groove-funk introduction to the lead character, "Ray Ray Theme." A wandering guitar enhances the ethereally beautiful ballad "I Know Shuggie Otis," and, on "Detroit Girl," Saadiq breaks with his Ray Ray character and throws in music that recalls the decades in between the '70s and early 2000s. Saadiq also cleverly brings together all of his musical projects, as Tony Toni Tone and Lucy Pearl join together on the catchy "Rifle Love." Raphael Saadiq is always willing to take chances, and usually, as on the captivating RAY RAY, his efforts bear sweet fruit.
Out of print in the U.S. 2004 album from the former leader of Tony Toni Tone. Raphael Saadiq has never been one to walk the safe, highly traveled R&B roads. While his compositions, dating back to his days leading the successful trio Tony Toni Tone, have always been of the smoothly palatable R&B variety, they have certainly been somewhat unorthodox, and there has always been a Prince-like unpredictability to Saadiq's career. As Ray Ray opens with a perfectly true-to-form audio 'trailer,' which fades into the groove-funk introduction to the lead character, 'Ray Ray Theme.' Saadiq also cleverly brings together all of his musical projects, as Tony Toni Tone and Lucy Pearl join together on the catchy 'Rifle Love.' Raphael Saadiq is always willing to take ...
| | Tiramisator CD (2009)
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| | Noisettes Wild Young Hearts CD (2009)
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With an energetic mix of garage punk bluster, and the quavering jazz- and soul-flavored vocal inflections of front-woman Shingai Shoniwa, the Noisettes became among the most heavily-hyped of U.K. acts with the release of their 2007 debut, WHAT'S THE TIME MR. WOLF? While their sound is not particularly unique in a pop landscape dotted with powerhouse vocalists from Adele to Amy Winehouse to Duffy, the Noisettes, and Shoniwa in particular, bring a modernized vitality sometimes lacking in the retro stylings of their contemporaries. And while the group's 2009 follow-on, WILD YOUNG HEARTS, represents something of a throwback to familiar pop references (the Supremes-like "Never Forget You" and the `60s acoustic-pop of "Atticus"), the balance of the album presents robust synth-based dance rock that is closer in spirit to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs--best reflected in the confident Karen O-styled strut of "Saturday Night" and the atmospheric lament of "24 Hours."
Recording information: Mayfair Studios; RAK.
Photographer: Sandrine Dulermo.
Personnel: Shingai Shoniwa (vocals, background vocals); Lucy Wilkins, Stephen Hussey, Emily ...
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