Break the Routine

Break the Routine

ASIN: B000000P81

Track Listings

1. Dancin' With Myself Tonight

2. Call Before Midnight

3. Routine

4. Whole Lot to Lose

5. Far Cry

6. What Kind of Fool Keeps Hangin' On

7. Rhythm of Romance

8. Any Old Love Will Do

9. They Can't Stop Me

10. You Never Cross My Mind

11. Country Music Station

12. Still Pickin' up After You

Tracks:

For What It's Worth
World Of Form
Arms Of Solitude
Joy Of Living
Caring 90s
Reason To Believe
I Come In Peace
Break From The Old Routine
Great Expectations
Stand Defiant
Crazy
More Things Change
Schemer Supreme
Fact Of Life
You Can't Do That For Me
Rise
For What It's Worth (Soulpower Radio Mix)
Dub In Solitude (Augustus Pablos Mix)
Oui Love You

Album Description

The collection contains all the hits from their debut album, five previously unreleased recordings, 'Caring 90s', 'I Come In Peace', 'The More Things Change', 'Rise', and 'You Can't Do That For Me', with personalized sleeve notes by Blair Booth completing the package. Universal. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Oui 3 - The Collection.......2007-02-24

Without a doubt, this is one of the finest collections of music and musicianship ever produced. To hear the magic, get a pair of headphones and be ready to be "blown away."

Overdue document of underrated band.......2005-03-15

Oui 3 were unique. Lumped in with Jamiroquai and the Stereo MCs, this groundbreaking act deserved much, much better. Thankfully this compilation has helped redress the balance.

Alongside all the singles and two big hits - their anthemic take on 'For What it's Worth' and the remarkably fresh-sounding 'Break from the Old Routine' - five previously unreleased gems are included (taken from their unreleased second album), with the remainders drawn from their debut 'Oui Love You'. The range of genres successfully tackled by Oui 3 is simply awesome. Dub ('Arms of Solitude'), acid jazz ('Schemer Supreme'), daisy age ('Reason to Believe')...it's all here. In Trevor Miles, the group not only had one of the first major British rappers to rap in a London accent (Mike Skinner take note), but also an enormously talented and intelligent lyricist. I doubt many writers would be able to slip in 'segmented social purgatory' so effortlessly into a song as Miles has managed on 'Reason to Believe' By contrast, the previously unheard cuts demonstrate a much harder musical edge, with the late ex-Bow Wow Wow/ Adam and the Ants guitarist Matthew Ashman making an outstanding contribution to tracks like 'Caring 90s', and a surprise cover of PiL's 'Rise'. Elsewhere, Blair Booth's vocals positvely shine on the excellent 'I Come in Peace' and her mournful Ashman tribute 'You Can't Do That For Me'.

Were Oui 3 ahead of their time? Well, there's a line about halfway through 'For What it's Worth'. It rings, 'The just war is latest trend/ But let this good things come to an end'. Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.

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Break the Routine
The Kendalls
Manufacturer: Step One Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000008H9I
Release Date: 1994-01-21

Tracks:

Dancin' With Myself Tonight
Call Before Midnight
Routine
Whole Lot to Lose
Far Cry
What Kind of Fool Keeps Hangin' On
Rhythm of Romance
Any Old Love Will Do
They Can't Stop Me
You Never Cross My Mind
Country Music Station
Still Pickin' up After You

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