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A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas

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by: Kristin Chenoweth

October 14, 2008
Have you noticed there are a lot of great new holiday albums out this year? Wow! This one - "A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas" by Kristin Chenoweth is my favorite, which is really saying a lot! Just listening to the previews I was hooked, and I've already listened to all the songs several times. What a beautiful bell quality Kristin's voice has . . . it makes you happy just listening to her songs! I wasn't that familiar with Kristin Chenoweth (I knew her only from "Wicked") before, but now I'm one of her new fans! I'm buying several to share with friends and family during the holidays. Thanks Kristin!!

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ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

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by: ABBA

September 21, 1993
I've so enjoyed the resurgence of Abba..the theater version of Mama Mia..and the film version. SO I had to get the CD and I love it...the styling of the songs and the words are so impressive.

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Something Else

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by: Robin Thicke

September 30, 2008
On first listen, I thought this CD was exellent. After listening to it several times, I kept skipping over several tracks. There are about 5 great tracks, the rest are not as good. The music was not as soulful and full on the remaining 5 tracks. Good, but not great.

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Songs in A Minor

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by: Alicia Keys

June 26, 2001
Alicia Keys is seriously talented but when will she release a soul album I mean Fallin' is great as is A Women's Worth but whats's with all the hip hop beats? and she keeps ad libbing and going ah yea come on yo what e.c.t like she is about to spit.
Please just stick to the soul the other stuff does not suit her if she did an album full of tracks like Fallin she would release a classic, as it stands this is very hit and miss.

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Time the Conqueror

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by: Jackson Browne

September 23, 2008
Every artist that records in a studio ends up throwing out most of the songs they write. Evidently his new pals are telling Jackson that every single song he writes is worthy of being on a record. They aren't. No songwriter is that good.

So, we get a record filled mostly with those songs that should have been passed on, and not even enough of those. Too many suckups hanging around him, and too few of the old crowd...the guys and girls that got him to where he is.

As frustrating as the old record companies might have been, they did know how to tell an artist that the product wasn't good enough. Now with all these artists going to independent labels, or Walmart, they just have no one telling them the truth...that 80 percent ... Read More:

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Back To The River

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by: Susan Tedeschi

October 28, 2008
Ms Tedeschi is possessed of great talents, but if this album is any indication, musical judgement and taste are not among them.

She has surrounded herself with people who, for the most part, are very good at playing notes, but don't have a clue about playing music. Every single track is overly serious and none of the swing.

Someone once said, "if it can't be done on 8 tracks, it's not worth doing." This album certainly supports that view!

Ms Tedeschi would be better served sparser arrangements and partners who can play the blues. Listening to Teddy Wilson's recording with Billie Holiday would be a good place for her to start.

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Love On The Inside [Deluxe Fan Edition]

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by: Sugarland

July 22, 2008
Buy the 17-track version, just for the live Sugarland version of "Come On Get Higher," the vocal is maybe better than the Matt Nathanson original.

I listen to this CD over and over, the voice and the variety of styles make it always fresh.

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Perfect Symmetry

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by: Keane

October 14, 2008
I have listened to this album about 20 times so far, and while at first I didn't care for it, upon listening to it a couple more times, it started to grow on me.

The band is growing, they are trying new things, and this is all good news. The worst thing a band can do is be stagnant and have all of their albums sound the same. A couple of tracks on the album are reminiscent of what we know and love of Keane, however the album as a whole is a different sound.

I think overall, if you enjoy the band, you will like the album and the songs, they are written well, the lyrics are powerful (as always), and the orchestration is often clever.

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Camp Rock

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by: Original Television Soundtrack

June 17, 2008
i bougth this cd because i love the movie.
i like it very much
im from holland and i like the music.
it rocks!

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Year of the Gentleman

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by: Ne-Yo

September 16, 2008
All the songs on this album are love songs (a known trait of neyo), for those of you who don't know. The best songs on the album are tracks 3, 4, 5. Other than that, I believe the album is mediocre at best.