Desire

Desire

Desire

ASIN: B00008F36L

Track Listings
 
1. Desire
2. You Win Again
3. Tupelo Honey
4. Oh What a Night This Could Be
5. I'll Always Be True
6. I Fought the Law
7. Crystal Blue
8. If I Had All These Things
9. Born and Bred
10. Red River Valley

Desire,Daniel Edwards,Fly,Contemporary Country,Country,Pop
Desire
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Believe the hype
  • Best Hip hop album in YEARS
  • solid hip hop, pharoahe monch spits fire
  • .
  • This album is sick. Call A Medic
 Desire
Pharoahe Monch
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000JJRIOI
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Free
  3. Desire
  4. Push
  5. Welcome To the Terrordome
  6. What It Is
  7. When the Gun Draws
  8. Let's Go
  9. Body Baby
  10. Bar Tap
  11. Hold On
  12. So Good
  13. Trilogy

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Believe the hype.......2007-07-09

I have written this review on the uk pages too because some people are plainly ignorant and wouldnt know hiphop if it smacked them in the eardrums. Unfortunatly hiphop has turned into total garbage, its unoriginal, souless, untruthful, bland, its rnb (rap and BullSssss) bar a few artists that still knock out LPs with depth (the roots for example) and this LP has depth.

Whilst Pharoahe produced the goods with Organized Konfusion, i have always thought that his solo work has somehow not come up to scratch BUT BUT, and this comes from someone who listens to ALOT of genres of music, and is a serious-or was a serious hiphop fan (till it all went identikit and unoriginal):

THIS WILL BE A TOP 5 LP OF THE YEAR

This is a funky, brass laden, jazzed up, lyrically strong LP almost on a K-0S vibe. Its Pharoahes best work to date...Welcome to the Terrordome, Trilogy, Body Baby, Desire.... in fact every track is a gem, a sheer delight to listen to.

IGNORE the ignorant rambling of the fools who say its got too many rnb hooks-there not theyre soulful hooks and used with control and thought, these fools probably like P-Diddy, THIS is how hiphop should sound, this is hiphop of the days of old, this is why i loved hiphop... beats, rhymes and life (not to mention skills). NOT bland unoriginal beats similar to another artist, "bling", rented cars, Boring blags and fake gangsta posturing!

DjRhimes

5 out of 5 stars Best Hip hop album in YEARS.......2007-07-05

Rap has gotten very tired in the last 5 years (at least). Pharoahe Monch just woke it up.

4 out of 5 stars solid hip hop, pharoahe monch spits fire.......2007-07-04

monch stepped up the game in a huge way with trilogy! that is definately the stand out song on here. i absolutely love that horn section in the middle!!

this is a good record, but i don't think it's quite as good as everyone else is saying. as sick as his rhymes are (and they're infectious like HIV) there are definately a few beats that leave something to be desired. could've used a bit more head nodding is all i'm sayin'.

5 out of 5 stars ........2007-07-01

Devastating and claustrophobic view of modern madness, far more innovative than any cardboard box labeled "underground hip hop".

5 out of 5 stars This album is sick. Call A Medic.......2007-07-01

Man I've been waiting 8 longs a.. years for this masterpiece. Pharoahe came with it. Every track is well crafted an lyrically dope. The beats are hot as well. The best thing I like about this album is no guest spots by other MC's. There are other artists on his album like Dwele who is so slept and others but no rappers. In this day and age where a certain collabo will give you the push you need it is mad refreshing to see pharoahe go at it for solo. The results are one of the purest Hip Hop albums I've heard in ages. On the level with Talib Kweli's Reflection Eternal. Two different albums but in the sense that I will be listening to this one for some years down the line. If you like rap cop this album you might become a fan of real hip hop. Hip hop purest you already ready know the deal. Don't bootleg this one support the movement. Pharoahe deserves it for this one. Classiccc!!!!!
Hope and Desire
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A must have for Susan Tedeschi fans
  • She can do no wrong!
  • Susan Delivers!!
  • Someone stop Joe Henry before he "produces" again!
  • Wantin' more of the blues...
 Hope and Desire
Susan Tedeschi , and Doyle Bramhall II
Manufacturer: Verve Forecast
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ASATP8
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

  1. You Got The Silver
  2. Soul Of A Man
  3. Lord Protect My Child
  4. Tired Of My Tears
  5. Share Your Love
  6. Evidence
  7. Sweet Forgiveness
  8. Security
  9. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
  10. Magnificent Sanctuary Band
  11. Follow
  12. The Danger Zone

Amazon.com

The sweet, husky mix of sugar and sandpaper in two-time Grammy nominee Susan Tedeschi's voice breathes sultry life into the art of classic soul singing on Hope and Desire, her fourth album. It's somewhat disappointing that she's chosen to defer her own songwriting in favor of classics and obscurities by Ray Charles ("Tired of My Tears"), Dylan ("Lord Protect My Child"), the Rolling Stones ("You Got the Silver"), and others. She's also left her guitar at home, assigning the exceptional playing to Clapton sideman Doyle Bramhall, Jr., and her husband, the Allman Brothers' Derek Trucks. But it's thrilling how Tedeschi applies her gospel-trained vocalizing to these 12 numbers, all tales of hope and desire, delivered at an unhurried pace so the delicate filigrees of her phrasing make them resonate with absolute emotional conviction. By the time the album closes with the gut-bucket blues "The Dangerzone," Teseschi's easily made the case for her third Grammy nod. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A must have for Susan Tedeschi fans.......2007-05-13

Since discovering Susan Tedeschi I am absolutely hooked....her voice is like Bonnie Raitt on steroids!! Her voice is rough, but not forced, very sincere and natural. This album covers so many great songs it's hard to pick a favorite, but I'd have to say her Stones cover of "You Got the Silver" is amazing. "Share Your Love", an Aretha Franklin cover, is phenomenal as well; actually, there's not a bad song on this cd. Buy it - you won't be disappointed!

5 out of 5 stars She can do no wrong!.......2007-05-12

Susan Tedeschi puts her hubby Derek Trucks to shame! Her voice is fabulous. Although, I prefer her "Live in Austin", this one is great as well...she covers "I got the silver" impeccably. She is awesome!

5 out of 5 stars Susan Delivers!!.......2007-03-17

I'm an avid Susan Tedeschi fan, so I was pleased by this CD. I've seen Ms. Tedeschi perform live and will be seeing her and her husband (Derek Trucks) next month so this album is part of my "preparations" for the concert :-)
I love her phrasing when she sings, I love the choice of material on this CD, and her obvious love for the blues genre. I never thought any current female singer could love and promote the blues as well as Bonnie Raitt until Susan came along. Now the blues has two of the most beautiful female voices in the music industry converting new listeners to their music. AND they can both play like the dickens!!
Keep the blues alive ladies!

3 out of 5 stars Someone stop Joe Henry before he "produces" again!.......2007-02-08

I'm serious, someone shove JH out from behind the mixing console before he mangles another CD!!

For the record, I own and enjoy most of Joe's CDs and all of Susan's CDs . But the production here is just strange, with lots of instruments in mono panned hard right or left, and almost every track has the trailing sound of some instrument (usually organ) dragging on for too long before the fadeout - gaaa!!

But my biggest disappointment with this CD: this a CD by a blues guitarist upon which said guitarist doesn't play! What (TF) were they thinking? Susan: girl, you play fine, don't listen to those pinheads who say you can't. I saw you live last year and was totally blown away by your playing and singing!

p.s. Joe H. also helped to ruin the latest CD from Aimee Mann (The Forgotten Arm) with his shenanigans.

3 out of 5 stars Wantin' more of the blues..........2007-01-24

In my opinion, this CD is missing a bit of the raw Tedeschi bluesiness that I love so dearly, but I hate to be critical of such a superbly talented woman!
Desire
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A "Desire" that will never end
  • Underrated Dylan classic
  • I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells.
  • Adventurous and uneven, but classic
  • On Rolling Thunder, Dylan Cries
 Desire
Bob Dylan
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00026WU50
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

  1. Hurricane
  2. Isis
  3. Mozambique
  4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
  5. Oh, Sister
  6. Joey
  7. Romance in Durango
  8. Black Diamond Bay
  9. Sara

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A "Desire" that will never end.......2007-07-08

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various recordings from the 60's and 70's.

Bob Dylan's "Desire" is not a record album. It is an audio storybook. The images created resonate with such brilliance they don't dissipate when the music ends, they shine brighter.

The opening track "Hurricane" places you at the scene of the bar where professional fighter Rubin "Hurricane Carter" was accused and found guilty of a crime that is still talked about today. Dylan thinks justice wasn't served and gives you a history lesson in one of the most powerful and riveting compositions ever penned.

"Mozambique" is exquisite as Dylan shares his thoughts on the beauty of a nation located in southern Africa. His descriptive phrases make you feel as you visited the continent along with him.

Dylan songs don't need continuity to flow. He is a master at taking us to the opposite edges of the planet from tune to tune. "Joey" ends (the song about the life of a mobster) and we are transported to South America for "Romance In Durango."

"Sara" pays homage to his ex-wife. His heart is not only on his sleeve but you feel the blood dripping from the wound.


All along the journey Emmylou Harris is superlative with background vocals and Scarlet Rivera's violin could bring tears to a clown.
The period of "Blood On The Tracks" and "Desire" could never have enough accolades, so we'll call it "Positively Dylan" and play the CD for the 456th time.


Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

5 out of 5 stars Underrated Dylan classic.......2007-05-17

On this album, perhaps more than any other, Dylan shows off his true power as a storyteller. This album is more or less a collection of stories, each one incredibly rich, vivid, and imaginative. The songs on this album could each be made into a movie, and this cinematic quality is how these songs play out in your mind as you listen to them. Dylan uses such incredible and detailed imagery that you really feel like you are in these beautiful and sometimes haunting scenes that he is describing.

Highly recommended!

4 out of 5 stars I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells........2007-01-21

This album by Bob Dylan was released in late 1975. Most of the songs were co-written by Dylan and Jacques Levy. The most famous song on the album is "Hurricane", about boxer Rubin Carter, who was convicted of murder "which he never done", according to the song. It's a great song, and there are some other great ones, like "Isis" and "Sara" (which is about Dylan's first wife, and is often interpreted as a plea to save their marriage, which didn't prevent them from getting divorced). Overall, a very good album, but I wouldn't rank it among Dylan's very best.

4 out of 5 stars Adventurous and uneven, but classic.......2007-01-10

I didn't used to be much of a fan of Desire--I found it overrated with several weak tracks and I thought Emmylou Harris' background vocals were often harsh and annoying. I still feel this way, but I've come to appreciate the album a lot more and understand why so many people think it's one of Dylan's best. After giving it a few more listens, I really enjoy the stylistic diversity that the songs range over (perhaps to Dylan's collaboration with Jacques Levy on most of the songwriting) as well as Dylan's energy in delivering the tunes. I'd recommend it to anybody who's already got Dylan's greatest 60's material and Blood on the Tracks and New Morning as the last high-quality studio he put out in the 70's.

The album kicks off with the classic "Hurricane." Dylan energetically spits out the ironies of Carter's story over Scarlet Rivera's violin (which will remain throughout the album as a great addition to his sound). From there on out, the album covers a lot of lyrical and stylistic territory, form the rocking narrative of "Isis" to the world music flavor of "Romance in Durango," to the dark mystery of "One More Cup of Coffee" (one of the album's best tracks). Another highlight is Dylan's emotional tribute to his soon-to-be-ex wife, "Sara."

Like I said before, the album's weaknesses are a couple songs that either drag too much or sound A LOT like other songs on the album, and the outright mediocrity of "Joey," mainly boring and way too long for its own good. Emmylou Harris sounds pretty good on a couple songs, but I think she appears on too many, and eventually her voice gets a little grating and annoying--I think Dylan would have sound pretty good all by himself. I'd also like to note that many of the best songs from Desire are on The Bootleg Series: Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue. On this live album, they sound even better than on this recording, with more energy from Dylan and his live band. They're both worth owning, though.

I've definitely softened to Desire, and though I don't think it ranks at the top of Dylan's masterpieces, I think it's a really enjoyable listen with a ton of great things going for it. Hope you enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars On Rolling Thunder, Dylan Cries.......2007-01-10

Depsite some popular belief, the band Rolling Thunder sits well enough behind Bob Dylan's lyrics to be considered his best-suited band. Not to forget the other groups he's played with, Rolling Thunder is joyous and momentous, sparking motivations to sit and listen to them jam all on thier own.

Desire is great, especially at high volumes, and I recommend it to any Dylan fan. Plus, Sara's on it . . . come on.
Desire
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Disregard my first review, I needed a few more listens.
  • Honest review, half good half bad.
  • Best album of 2007 so far!
 Desire
Pharoahe Monch
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000OLHFXK
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

  1. The Resurrection Intro
  2. Free
  3. Desire
  4. Push
  5. Welcome To The Terrordome
  6. What It Is
  7. When The Gun Draws
  8. Let's Go
  9. Body Baby
  10. Bar Tap
  11. Hold On
  12. So Good
  13. The Trilogy

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Disregard my first review, I needed a few more listens........2007-07-07

Good CD, not a masterpiece as stated my many but much better than what I thought when I first listened to it. I think that Trilogy was ruined by the guy who was singing, that guys voice is horrible, almost as bad as Bilal's.

3 out of 5 stars Honest review, half good half bad........2007-06-27

First half of the album is great, 2nd half is sorry R&B garbage. I am pretty dissapointed, since I was really anticipating this album. Also seems like Pharoahe really shortened up his verses, many song are extremely chorus heavy. Pick up the mix CD instead, titled Pharoahe Monch - The Awaikening.

5 out of 5 stars Best album of 2007 so far!.......2007-06-27

Pharoah Monch has always been a lyrical MC since his days with the highly slept on group Organized Konfusion. After an 8 year hiatus Pharoah comes back with an intelligent and creative album with advanced word play and great production to match. Desire is the best hip hop album of 2007 as of June and could stand the test of time throughout the year unless Common, Kanye or Talib Kweli can knock him off the throne. The track "Trilogy" and the title track "Desire" is enough for you to purchase the CD alone...Peace
Object of My Desire and Other Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • One Hit Wonder?
  • Real R&b music!
  • Excellent 80's CD
  • Starpoint...
  • ALL the hits for $5 clams, not bad - thanks Rhino Flashback - DYBO!
 Object of My Desire and Other Hits
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Manufacturer: Rhino Flashback
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ASIN: B000G8NXBO
Release Date: 2006-07-25

Tracks:

  1. Object Of My Desire
  2. Restless
  3. He Wants My Body
  4. Don't Be So Serious
  5. D.Y.B.O
  6. It's So Delicious
  7. Am I Still The One
  8. What You Been Missin'
  9. The More We Love
  10. Till The End Of Time

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonder?.......2007-06-19

I'm not sure what the "Other Hits" metioned in the title of this CD are as no other tracks on it showcase Renee Diggs' awesome vocal talent better than "Object of My Desire." I still think of Teena Marie when I hear it.

5 out of 5 stars Real R&b music!.......2007-05-11

This C.d have all of starpoint's greatest hits. And I do mean GREATEST. If you are studying old school music, Or taking a trip down memory lane. Grab this one!!!! The title says It all.....Object of my desire, "Baby"...Light My fire!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent 80's CD.......2007-02-13

I have been trying to get this on CD for quite a while; I think that Renee Diggs was one of the most powerful female vocalists of our time, who unfortunately didn't get the chance to prove it. My favorite songs on the CD are "The More We Love" and "Am I Still The One?" I recommend this cd to any and everyone who loves the 80's!

4 out of 5 stars Starpoint..........2007-01-31

I can't add much, except to say, this is a good collection - and the price is "dirt cheap" considering what people are trying to get for the original albums (on CD)! Buy this collection and you, too, can reap the maximum bang for your buck! Four stars!

4 out of 5 stars ALL the hits for $5 clams, not bad - thanks Rhino Flashback - DYBO!.......2007-01-28

As a big fan of 80s R&B supergroup STARPOINT, it was very frustating to have most of their classic 80s albums OOP on CD for years, what with their 1985 smash RESTLESS selling for upwards of $80-100 on ebay...well, now the folks at RHINO aka FLASHBACK have seen fit to compile ALL of Starpoint's most-loved hits and key LP cuts on one CD - and all for around $5 bucks! Really, this is all you'll ever need - all the cuts you loved "back in the day" are present and accounted for: especially OBJECT OF MY DESIRE, WHAT YOU BEEN MISSIN, RESTLESS, HE WANTS MY BODY, and more - get it now! Sure it would be nice to have the original LPs on CD for posterity, but this'll have to do until then. Nice stuff. RIP Renee Diggs, you will be missed!
Is This Desire?
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Sky, My Friend
  • 40 Minutes of perfection
  • Angeline come home
  • Thank Goodness for PJ Harvey!
  • "Prettiest mess you've ever seen..."
 Is This Desire?
PJ Harvey
Manufacturer: Island
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ASIN: B00000AFFI
Release Date: 1998-09-29

Tracks:

  1. Angelene
  2. The Sky Lit Up
  3. The Wind
  4. My Beautiful Leah
  5. A Perfect Day Elise
  6. Catherine
  7. Electric Light
  8. The Garden
  9. Joy
  10. The River
  11. No Girl So Sweet
  12. Is This Desire?

Amazon.com essential recording

Each of Harvey's previous albums has been a distinct affair as she took steps forward in not only forging her sound but also exploring the wealthy veins of rock & roll. So on first listen, Is This Desire? almost disappoints; it's very close to the same dark, woozy, and bluesy musical territory she staked out on To Bring You My Love. But it's been said that though good stories can be read once, great stories must be read twice, and, like great literature, this album deserves repeated listenings to appreciate its beautiful complexities and subtle shadings. A recommendation: Spend a few nonstop hours with Is This Desire? It will change you. --Tod Nelson

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Sky, My Friend.......2007-02-14

It is hard to claim for a PJ Harvey album as her best, because every album of hers is such a classic! Is This Desire includes some of her most melancholic and darkest songs yet such as the classics "The River", "Angelene" and "Catherine". I believe this album carries her "To Bring You My Love" album one step forward.Because her vocals are much more clear and comfortable. Melodies of songs are more experimental. However, they really catch the listener easily. Even the darkest "Electric Light", "Catherine" and "My Beatuiful Leah" can be your personal favorite from the very first listening. Try this album if you want to hear from one of the most talented female musicians of the last two decades.

5 out of 5 stars 40 Minutes of perfection.......2006-12-22

Allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite albums EVER:

If you were to poll PJ fans, this will NOT rank as favorite with most of them. However this is my favorite of hers for so many reasons I will try and explain. At this point in her carreer, she had 4 albums under her belt and her fans were accustomed to experiencing a very brash rocker chick. This album is a clear departure of the woman her fans had come to know.

They had become accustomed to this mad operatic diva shrieking and moaning her pain so when many heard this toned down vision, they thought she had lost her strength. But no, she FOUND her strength. In her subtelty she lays claim to power and becomes a whole new artist. Many were also lost on the electronic nature of this album but that only added to her invention. This album is a marvelous blend of electronic elements and organic instruments. Skin to the muscle, blood to the veins. Intimately connected.....


"My first Name Angeline
Prettiest Mess you ever seen
Love for money is my sin
Any man calls, I'll let him in......."

And the search begins..... This song to me, sounds like a hymn, but more like a lost spiritual than anything you'd hear in a regular church. That's how much of this album feels to me, like lost spirituals. The kind that you'd only hear in a place where there was no pomp and no tradition, just the open wounds of those in search of healing bleeding until they either have no blood left or have been completely healed. A friend of mine characterizes this album as "haunted" and I feel that is really perfect description.

The album is very focused on female characters.....Angeline, Leah, Elise, Catherine, Joy, Dawn....... And word has it that many of these are literary characters which stories have been written about. However, I will never read any of the stories these characters are based on for I would ruin the truth I have created in my heart.

"I'm walkin in the city tonight
I'm walkin in the city at dark
Remembering, remember light
Thinking of nothing and the shooting stars

And this world tonight is mine
a world to be remembered in
Think on a faded photograph
My hair longer than it's ever been, and then

THE SKY LIT UP!
the sky, my friend
the sky lit up and i'm lighter than I ever been..."

OMG! Amazing what can happen in less than 2 minutes..... My mind's sky turns to fire when I hear this song......and I become lighter than I've ever been. By the time this song is over, your sky will be on fire too.....





"Catherine liked high places
High up on the hills
A place for making noises, like whales
Noises like the Whales

Here she built a chapel with
Her image on the wall
A place where she could rest and rest
A place where she could wash......shhhhhhhhhhhh

and listen to the wind blowing, and listen to the wind.....blow"

This is the church of lost spirituals. I have longed to be like Catherine at her chapel.






"Did you see her walking?
Did she come around here, Sir?
Black hair, brown eyes
My beautiful Leah
She was always so needing
Said, "I have no-one"
Even as I held her
She went out looking for someone
She only had nightmares,
And her sadness never lifted
And slowly over the years
Her lovely face twisted
Did she come around here, Sir?
I swear you would remember
Black hair, Brown eyes
Late September
October
November
December
It never leaves my mind
The last words she said
"If I don't find it this time,
Then I'm better off dead".

Cold desperation....... Sadly, this reminds me of my cousin Lisa who was murdered in March :cry: She was always searching for something in her life, even searching unto her death. When Gangsta calls this haunted, I can't think of a more perfect song to really characterize that feeling. I included this on a mix disc that focuses on social ills, anguish and pain. This song was just perfect for that mix.





"It's a perfect day.....a perfect day Elise."

Perfection is the furthest thing from the truth.





"Catherine Debara you've murdered my thinkin
gave you my heart, you left the thing stinkin
I'd shake from my spell if it weren't for my drinkin
the wind bites more bitter with each light of mornin....

'til the light shines on me
I damn to hell every second you breath"

Here is Catherine's reintroduction. You get your first glimpse of her at her chapel high up on the windy hill. And now you know what conclusion she's come to.....





"The beauty of her, under electric light"

electric........light. The initial sublelty of this song is belied by the entire universe that lies within. Listen carefully and you will hear that there is a whole world going on underneath the surface....





One of the most famous stories ever told is the act of humanity's genesis. Imagine the perfection of that day. God taking dirt and forming a man, taking a rib and fashioning a mate for him. A New Earth, pure skies, crisp clean air, warm sunshine washing the skin with its golden rays. Every day after became more perfect than the day before and this was the most perfect of all days. And then.........

"He was walking in the garden
and he was walking in the night
and he was singing a sad love song
and he was praying for his life"

Adam sensed something was very wrong for it had never turned so dark so quickly and so early, neither had it been so cold. Searching the garden, he noticed Eve standing at the foot of the Tree of Knowledge in discourse between the highest powers. Adam saw the flaming eye of God's wrath focused on the cool slick veil of smoke that surrounded Eve and there enveloped in the shroud of Satan's lie stood Eve with a half eaten fruit. Remembering the commandment to never eat of the Tree of Knowledge, in fear he ran......




"and the stars came out around him
he was thinking of his sins
and he's looking at his song-bird
and he's looking at his wings"

Having not come to Eve's defense, Adam's guilt bore down on him like a thousand crimes. Grieving over the knowledge he would never see his Eve again, he went in search of the one thing he knew would bring him comfort........his song-bird. Adam's earliest days in the garden had him searching for this creature. Just one of many of God's creations, this one made the most beautiful music of all. However, of all the times Adam heard the bird's majestic symphonies, he was never able to spot it. Having never seen his songbird before Adam stood in shock and awe as he stood looking at his mirror image. The song-bird was not a bird, but a man.....





"there inside the garden
came another with his lips
said, 'Won't you come and be my lover?'
'Let me give you a little kiss'
and he came, knelt down before him
and fell upon his knees
'I will give you gold and mountains
if you stay awhile with me'"

The first words of his creator upon his waking moments rang clear in his memory.....For I have fashioned a mate for you..... and Adam realized that God had given him a CHOICE. God created Adam 2 mates and now the choice was there before Adam, but which one was right? Should he stay with his song-bird? Should he validate Eve's disobedience to their creator? Adam's heart surged and swelled and, he got down on his knees and pled for the love of his bird. Adam promised him everything the Lord had created on his earth, if he stayed with him.



"and there was trouble taking place, trouble taking place......."

As Adam pled with his song-bird, Eve was being banished from the garden......



"there inside the garden
They kissed, and the sun rose
and he walked a little further
and he found he wasn't alone"

Having just been lost in the comfort of his lovers arms, Adam's stopped dead in his tracks as he noticed the jealous and rage filled glare of a woman he used to know named Eve.



"and the wind, it gathered round him
he was thinking of his sins
And he's looking for his song-bird
He was looking for his wings

and there was trouble........taking place. Trouble, taking place"

In Scorn, the wind of Eve's rage whirled around them. In her short time on the earth she had been betrayed by the snake, her creator and her mate. In shame, Adam could barely meet her gaze. Remembering how he ran in fear instead of standing in solidarity with his charge, the burden of guilt was too much and Adam cried hot bitter tears, facing an impossible decision.

Which mate should he choose? Should he choose the path Eve has taken and become banished from his paradise forever? Does he leave the loving arms of his song-bird never to see him again? How to make up for the fact that he left Eve alone when she needed him the most? Eve walked over to Adam as the Song-bird tearfully looked on from afar. Eve stretched out her arm and opened her hand and in it was the half eaten fruit.

Perhaps Eve's sin wasn't the only betrayal that day......



"Joy was her name
A life un-wed
Thirty years old
Never danced a step

She would have left these red hills far behind if not for her condition
'Would have left these red hills long ago if not for my condition'

Pitiful Joy
She looked away
Into a hollow sky
Came face to face

With her own innocence surrounding her until it never was a question
Innocence so suffocating, now she cannot move, no question

No hope for Joy
No hope or faith
She wanted to go blind
Wanted hope to stay
'I've been believing in nothing since I was born, it never was a question.'

Trapped, with no way out..... :shudder:








"And they came to the river
And they came from the road
and he wanted the sun
just to call his own

And they walked on the dirt
And they walked from the road
til they came up close

Throw your pain in the river
To be washed away slow

And we walked without words
And we walked with our lives
Two silent birds
Circled by

Like our pain in the river
And we followed the river
And we followed the road
And we walked through this land
And we called it a home

But he wanted the sun
And I wanted the whole
And the white light scatters
And the sun sets low
Like the pain in the river"

PJ is famously known for singing about cutting off her lovers legs so he cannot run away :lol: And one of the really intriguing things about her as an artist is that she gives voice to the things that many cannot find the courage or the ability to speak. She is able to sing and play her feelings in the way that many of us wish we could but simply aren't able. I feel that is the kind of purpose she was made to serve. I think this is really the first time you get a glimpse of the PJ that strives for cleansing and healing. I feel that this is the first peak at the evolved person she is to become......







"In came the girl with the saddened eyes
And asked him over again and again
"Was I too weak ? Was I a child ?
And can't we leave here and start again ?"

Said "I don't mind if you take me down"
And "I don't mind if you break it all"
But "how much more can you take from me?"
"How much more did you take from me?"

"I'd like to take you inside my head"
"I'd like to take you inside of me"
"You came from heaven" is all he said
"You came from heaven and came here to me
And I love you"

He drove it fast to make the night
And looked at his angel where she lay
Resting her head and closed her eyes
And outside the heat and the summer fades

Deep in the sky a storm he'd seen
Deep in the sky a storm he'd seen
"There ain't nothing no girl so sweet"

"Took her from heaven and gave her to me"....."

This is probably the primest example of how excellently fused the electronic and natural are. Anyone who feels that they miss the old PJ and therefore neglect this album, can feast on this song because aside from Sky Lit Up, it's singly THE performance that characterizes the PJ that people claim is missing from this album....






Mary and Joseph went on and on..... The Sun went down. It was getting cold. They saw fire....

"Joseph walked on and on
The sunset went down and down
Coldness cooled their desire
And Dawn said, 'Let's build a fire'

The sun dressed, the trees in green
And Joe said, 'I feel like a King'
And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare
Sweetness in her golden hair

Said, 'Iím not scared'
Turned to her and smiled
Secrets in his eyes
Sweetness of desire
Is this desire
Enough enough
To lift us higher
To lift above?

Hour-long, by hour, may we two stand
When we're dead, between these lands
The sun set, behind his eyes
And Joe said, 'Is this desire?'
Is this desire
Enough enough
To lift us higher
To lift above?

Is this desire
Enough enough
Enough inside
Is this desire?"



Is this Desire? Is......this......Desire?

That question can be asked many many times over during this 40 minute spell. 8 years after it's release, this album continues to remain a mystery to me. That is one of the things about it that I love so much.

5 out of 5 stars Angeline come home.......2006-12-15

I am a newcomer to the wonder that is PJ Harvey, having been a fan of Nick Cave for a while, and hearing her vocals on Murder Ballads, i just had to check her out. This is the second album i bought of hers, and my favourite of the two i own. My first remark is that this is a woman not afraid to really sing, and i mean it. In many respects though quite a feminine voice, she sings in a very masculine way, which adds to her charm. The album itself is a mix of solemn ballads and quite jumpy dance techo themes (i dunno if that's the right term). My favourite of them is probably A perfect Day Elise, in many ways reminiscent of Cave's songwriting style. All in all, a difficult one to get into but good for fans

5 out of 5 stars Thank Goodness for PJ Harvey!.......2006-05-31

IS THIS DESIRE? is PJ Harvey's fourth studio album and by now I've learned to expect the unexpected, especially after such distinct varying styles of each of her previous records. My expectations were pretty high though, cos TO BRING YOU MY LOVE was such an epic of an album that I didn't think she could top its grandeur but I'm glad to say this album is just as good, if not better than the latter.

Whereas TBYML was blues infused, ITD? has got a heavy dose of electronica to it. It is her most intriguing, most melodic and deepest record to date. She's always been an excellent storyteller but her style of writing is beyond comparison here. All the songs are written, arranged and sung like short stories with a lot of literary references, borrowing from (I imagine) some of her favorite writers thus glorifying each heroine's names, allowing Polly to try on different personas but never feeling trapped in any one. It is most difficult to find words to describe this record, but I read one eloquent reviewer described it as "incandescent in its loveliness" and I couldn't agree more. Lush with aching emotion and dripping with etherealness, ITD? moves away from the theatrics of TBYML to grace us with this bewitching of a masterpiece.

The sultry first track "Angelene" really tears at your heart, setting the mood for the rest of the album. It is about a prostitute who ponders what could've been and longs to but is terrified of starting a different way of life. The lines "Rose is my color, and white. Pretty mouth, Green my eyes" is almost directly quoted from a short story by JD Salinger.

"The Sky Lit Up" to me is a very happy upbeat danceable song. It is about finding inspiration in oneself. A friend was saying it's actually a sinister kind of song but I don't care. It makes me feel like everyday is my birthday and all I want to do is dance and celebrate me.

"The Wind" is epic. I don't know how else to describe this magnificent song. It's told like a book, with the instruments being arranged to create a "windy" kind of atmosphere for that added, almost surreal feel. Starts with a whispering narrator introducing us to a woman named Catherine who we learn was once the life of the party but is now an outcast. Lonely and alone, she turns to the wind for solace.

"My Beautiful Leah" is a bit reminisce of RID OF ME. It is very dark and disturbing, from the heavy vibe of the synthesizers to Polly's deep vocals to the lyrical content, it is an evil of a song. The last line indicates a lot: "It never leaves my mind, the last words she said, if I don't find it this time, then I'm better off dead."

At first listen "A Perfect Day Elise" sounds like "The Sky Lit Up" in that the beat is very light and happy, with the chorus seemingly very uplifting, "It's a perfect day, a perfect day, Elise!" But upon learning the lyrics I realized this is quite the sinister song. It tells the tale of sex, rejection, obsession and ultimately ends with the murder of Elise, shot down by her lover Joe. So imagine the raised hair when realizing what I thought to be an "uplifting" chorus actually belies doom: today's a perfect day, Elise, a perfect day... to die. "God is a sweat dripping down his back, the water soaked her blonde hair black." The title was inspired by another short story by JD Salinger called "A Perfect Day For Bananafish."

My favorite song off the record is "Catherine." This is the most alluring, most hypnotic song I've ever heard. It is a song about extreme jealousy and intense hatred brought on by unrequited love. I think PJ took inspiration from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights here, in style of writing and in theme. In the song PJ curses Catherine Debarra, "Until the light shines on me, I damn to hell every second you breathe" almost in the same manner as Heathcliff cursing Catherine in the book, "And I pray one prayer, I repeat it till my tongue stiffens-- Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living!"

"Electric Light" is very strange, heavy in rhythm but spare sounding. I know that didn't make sense but if you heard it you'll know. I must admit this is my least favorite track on the album but I think it's mostly cos I don't really get it.

"The Garden" is lushly beautiful. I'm not sure if it's the title but I can't help but think of Adam and Eve and conjure all the brilliance of the stars and Gods when I hear this song. As with most of the songs on the record, the melodic use of instruments is juxtaposed with very dark, very foreboding lyrics. I hear this one is about some kind of sodomy. Yikes.

"Joy" has got to be the darkest, most heartbreaking song ever. Geez, even thinking about this song makes me sad. I can't help but pull for poor ol' Joy. After all, she lives "a live unwed, thirty years old, never danced a step." It's a song of self-pity I think, and very harsh, about a woman named "Joy" but never had a taste of it in her life. "I've been believing in nothing since I was born, it was never a question." Sigh. Poor Joy.

The song that moves me most is "The River." It's like a dream to me, this song. It makes me feel right with the world, if just for five minutes. It's a song about evolution, I think, and of humanity. Lovely, lovely song.

"No Girl So Sweet" is awesome! Fast and intense, I think this is Joy's sister song. Only Joy's sister is the total opposite of Joy. Imagine Joy but wilder. Joy's sister is named Rage. She is the talking-back, staying up all night and gettin' into trouble kinda gal. The building of the music and intensity of Polly's voice towards the end of the song is electrifying.

The album ends with the title track, "Is This Desire?" I love that we get to hear Polly's voice crystal clear here because she is quite a singer but she doesn't necessarily showcase that in a lot of her songs. My heart melts when I hear her croon, "Is this desire enough to lift us higher, to lift above?"

So? After all that's said, is it desire? For me, you bet it is. It may even be true love.




4 out of 5 stars "Prettiest mess you've ever seen...".......2006-05-07

Is This Desire? by P.J. Harvey is such a haunting and strange album. I like it though because the songs are not silly or pretentious, Harvey never tries to be somebody she is not. She is a real artist who likes doing her own thing and I respect that. Standout tracks include: The Sky lit up, The Wind, The River, No girl so sweet, Catherine, A perfect day Elise, and my personal fave, Angelene. That song is so good, "I've seen men come and go but there will be one to collect my soul and come to me, 2 thousand miles away, he walks upon the coast, 2 thousand miles away it lays open like a road..." The River is sweetly mellow and sad, "Two silent birds circled by like our pain in the river..." But unfortantely some of the tracks are less than average, but Is This Desire? is a great album just not one of my all-time favorites, I prefer Dry and Stories from the city, stories from the sea. If you are just discovering P.J. Harvey then I recommend all her albums to see which one is your favorite. Enjoy!
Objects of Desire
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  • Objects of Desire
 Objects of Desire
Michael Franks
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ASIN: B000002KND
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Jealousy
  2. Ladies' Nite
  3. No-Deposit Love
  4. Laughing Gas
  5. Wonderland
  6. Tahitian Moon
  7. Flirtation
  8. Love Duet
  9. No One But You

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pure Pop Delight.......2002-11-13

"Objects Of Desire" I feel is one of Michael's breeziest albums. Coming off the disco craze, this recording features upbeat melodies with electronic keyboards and horn arrangements. "No Deposit Love" is a track with Michael doing multi-vocal overdubbing, something he rarely does. Bonnie Raitt was an already established Warner Brothers star when she was featured on the duet "Ladies Night." This style of song is clearly a departure for her, yet here she sounds relaxed; as if she's been doing this kind of material for years. The opening track "Jealousy" in it's lyric, refers to "Othello" interestingly enough. Further proof of Michael's never ending supply of reference for his subject matter. The mastering of this disc, or for that matter the album itself, is a bit quiet. This little bit aside, this is a fun album.

5 out of 5 stars An Overlooked Gem.......2001-12-19

I've owned this recording in some form or another since it was issued and have always liked it. But somehow, I just never got around to writing about it.
Objects of Desire was recorded toward the merciful end of the disco era. Franks never followed that fad but here takes a couple of cracks at some aspects of disco culture using tunes faintly redolent of that form to press his point. Ladies Night and No Deposit Love are the chief examples of this.
Jealousy and Flirtation are horn-driven tunes that tastefully give off a teasing whiff of disco while remaining firmly rooted in jazz. All-star sidemen Randy Brecker and Lew Soloff provide the brass pyrotechnics that give these two a funky edge.
No Franks album would be complete without some reference to the tropics. Here this is given two places, on the dreamy Tahitian Moon and in the cover art that reproduces a Gaugin painting.
Jealousy, Laughing Gas, and Wonderland are my favorite cuts but the whole CD is testimony to Franks' status as one of the finest composers and wordsmiths in modern music. I highly recommend this overlooked gem which still sounds great nearly 20 years after its release.

5 out of 5 stars Hugely underated.......2000-03-20

This is an excellent album. Superbly arranged and recorded. if you are a MF fan, this album is a must. Put on some headphones and be transported into another world of pure class and style. Gets better and better even after 16 years of listening. I also recommend Passionfruit, Skin Dive and The Camera Never Lies..... Your life will never be the same!

5 out of 5 stars Objects of Desire.......2000-02-21

This is classic Michael Franks. This is the album that started it all for me. Check out the track Ladies' Nite - he sings a duet with Bonnie Rait. This album also contains Tahitian Moon - a soulful song that always makes me wish I could crawl into a bungelow on the beach of Tahiti with the island girl he meets in this song. If you want a mellow collection of some of Mr. Franks greatest, this is it!
100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration
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ASIN: B00008GEKT
Release Date: 2003-04-14

Tracks:

  1. Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  2. Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  3. Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  4. This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  5. Stars of the Morning So Gloriously Bright - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  6. God Save the Queen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  7. Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  8. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  9. Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  10. O Come All Ye Faithful - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
  11. Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
  12. Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
  13. All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
  14. Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
  15. There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
  16. Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
  17. Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
  18. New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
  19. Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
  20. O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

Tracks:

  1. Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  2. Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  3. In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  4. Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  5. Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  6. Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  7. At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  8. To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  9. Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  10. Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
  11. Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
  12. He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
  13. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
  14. Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
  15. This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
  16. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
  17. Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
  18. Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
  19. O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
  20. Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

Tracks:

  1. Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  2. Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  3. Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  4. Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  5. O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  6. O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  7. Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  8. We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  9. Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  10. Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
  11. Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  12. O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  13. O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  14. O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  15. Strife Is O'er the Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  16. O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  17. Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  18. God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  19. O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
  20. Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

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  1. Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  2. All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  3. Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  4. God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  5. Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  6. Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  7. Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  8. Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
  9. Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
  10. God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
  11. O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
  12. Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
  13. Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
  14. For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
  15. Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
  16. Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  17. I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  18. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  19. Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  20. Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Tracks:

  1. Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
  2. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
  3. O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
  4. O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
  5. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
  6. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
  7. First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
  8. Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
  9. Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
  10. Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
  11. On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
  12. Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  13. O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  14. Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  15. O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  16. Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  17. Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  18. Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  19. Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
  20. Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Album Description

Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The picture.......2006-12-11

I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.
Renée Fleming - I Want Magic! ~ American Opera Arias
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • All-American Fun
  • A great listening pleasure. Better than some other selections
  • I wish I could give more than 5 stars
  • This music needs a lot less diva
  • Bringing American opera to the forefront
 Renée Fleming - I Want Magic! ~ American Opera Arias
George Gershwin , Carlisle Floyd , Leonard Bernstein , Douglas S. Moore , Bernard Herrmann , Gian Carlo Menotti , Igor Stravinsky , Samuel Barber , André Previn , Metropolitan Opera Orchestra , James Levine , and Renée Fleming
Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B00000AFR4
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

  1. Wuthering Heights: I Have Dreamt
  2. The Ballad Of Baby Doe: The Letter Song
  3. The Medium: Monica's Waltz
  4. Porgy And Bess: Summertime
  5. Porgy And Bess: My Man's Gone Now
  6. Candide: Glitter And Be Gay
  7. Susannah: Ain't It A Pretty Night
  8. Susannah: The Trees on the Mountains
  9. The Rake's Progress: No Word From Tom ... I Go, I Go To Him
  10. VANESSA: He Has Come, He Has Come
  11. A Streetcar Named Desire: I Want Magic!

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Like Dawn Upshaw's The World So Wide on Nonesuch, this program is such an inviting cross section of American opera of the last 50 years, you wonder why more of it hasn't been recorded. Composers include Carlisle Floyd, Douglas Moore, Samuel Barber, and Gian Carlo Menotti, whose childlike "Monica's Waltz" from the otherwise lurid opera The Medium is a highlight. Old favorites are here, such as Gershwin's "Summertime." And new favorites, too: Andre Previn's forthcoming "A Streetcar Named Desire" graciously offers Straussian lushness and bitonal wind-instrument details suggesting Blanche DuBois's mind departing from reality, all sounding remarkably true to Previn's pre-World War II upbringing in Berlin. This dramatically alert arioso isn't so melodically memorable but makes all necessary dramatic points eloquently. Though she performs vividly throughout, Fleming often lets her vocal tone overwhelm articulation of the words--a middling drawback. And comedy is not her thing: Bernstein's "Glitter and Be Gay" is way too hammy. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars All-American Fun.......2007-01-01

I love this CD. It's so incredibly American. It features American lyric soprano Renee Fleming singing American opera arias. Ms. Fleming is capably accompanied by the Met orchestra, America's best opera orchestra, conducted by another distinguished American, Maestro James Levine. The only way this CD could be more American is if it were released on July 4th, with two baseball tickets included. I'm grateful that Decca made this release.

This CD starts out very strong with a gorgeous aria "I have dreamt" from "Wuthering Heights". I've never seen this opera nor heard of this opera. If the opera is half as good as the aria, I would love to see it. Renee cruises through "The Letter Song" from "The Ballad of Baby Doe" with heartfelt interpretation. "Monica's Waltz" is not one of my favorite arias in the world, but Ms. Fleming sings it beautifully.

Here's where we depart, and the reason I gave this CD only 4 stars. First, Renee sings two arias from "Porgy and Bess": "Summertime" and "My Man's Gone Now". Renee's voice is way too rich and lush for these arias. Listen to Renee sing it, then listen to the gold standard, Leontyne Price. You'll see what I mean. Renee's rendition of "My Man's Gone Now" was just way too pretty. The score calls for some extended glissandos, which are supposed to be wails of grief. Renee sang the glissandos beautifully, but no grief was in sight. Her next choice "Glitter and Be Gay" from "Candide" is just not a good choice for her. I think even Renee would tell you that a voice like hers is just not right for Cunegonde. This aria (and role) calls for a smaller voice. [...].

Then Renee reminds me of why I love her in the first place, by returning to two arias from "Susannah", a signature role for her. Her performances of "Ain't it a pretty night!" and "The trees on the mountains" are too good for words. She completely understands this role, and communicates the mood in these arias right through your speakers. Just imagine how good it must be live!

Renee closes with "No word from Tom" (The Rake's Progress), "He has come, he has come!" (Vanessa), and "I want magic! (A Streetcar Named Desire). I wish more opera companies would produce "The Rake's Progress". This is a wonderful opera by an "adopted" American composer, Igor Stravinsky. The aria from "Streetcar" is kind of an odd choice to close this CD, but Renee did premiere the role of Blanche in this Previn piece with the SF Opera. So maybe it's not so strange after all.

Highly recommended for fans of Renee Fleming, and those who need to add some good old American opera to round out their Puccini collections. This is a nice performance record by a woman surely destined to be one of the greatest lyric sopranos in history.

5 out of 5 stars A great listening pleasure. Better than some other selections.......2006-04-05

'I Want Magic' sung by superstar mezzo Renee Fleming, backed by James Levine and his Metropolitan Opera Orchestra follows the same pattern of severa of Fleming's other releases, in that there is one widely known and very familiar piece (Gershwin's 'Summertime' from 'Porgy and Bess') plus many less familiar pieces.

The theme of all the pieces is that they are arias from American operas, all in English. And, I get a lot more from this selection than I do from, for example, her recording of Shubert Lieder. One thing I learn is how totally typical is Leonard Bernstein's piece from 'Candide', which sounds like it stepped right out of a production of 'The Fantasticks'. Gershwin's two great songs, on the other hand, are icons of American music and even Herrmann's movie song from Wuthering Heights makes Bernstein's song sound ordinary.

But, the album is really all about Fleming's realization of these songs, which is simply nothing less than spectacular. While I tend to prefer hearing works 'in situ', Fleming's talent is so great that hearing her do eleven pieces out of context is worth it. The album is also more interesting than the average collection of Lieder in that it has the backing of a major American dramatic orchestra.

Better than average Fleming choice.

5 out of 5 stars I wish I could give more than 5 stars.......2005-09-30

This recording is truly wonderful! I really feel that American composers have written some incredible things. I think that American opera is much better than British opera, with the exception of Benjamin Britten. My favorites on this track are actually all of them, but if I had to choose, I would pick: "No word from Tom" (The Rakes Progress, Stravinsky), "Ain't it a pretty night" (Sussanah, Floyd), "Glitter and be Gay" (Candide, Bernstein), and my absolute favorite "Monica's Waltz" (The Medium, Menotti). This is such a great album. Some of Renee's diction isn't completely clear, but that's opera. In order to acheive a beautiful sound, especially in English, certain vowels need to be altered. ESPECIALLY for the soprano voice. When singing so high, certain vowels and consonants need to be altered a bit. Anyway, it's an incredible album!!

3 out of 5 stars This music needs a lot less diva.......2005-09-18

Renee Fleming has a glorious voice, and there's not a note here that isn't ravishing. Decca's engineers have caught the voice very well, and Levine's conducting is all it could be. The problem? Well, having her sing Summertime and My Man's Gone NOw was a bad idea, not only because both are cliches. Felming has a hard time sounding emotionally natural. She tends to apply her incredible voice with diva-like self-consciousness and play-acted emotion far too often.

Which means that her CD recitals are hit-and-miss. Glitter and Be Gay is a disaster here because she tries to be funny and winds up being self-conscious and embarrassing. But the big aria form Susannah, a role Fleming sings at the Met, is perfect. I expected a lot more adventurousness from this American collection, since Felming is, after all, an American singer. But it's mostly overplayed, like Puccini in English, sobs and all. I enjoyed the voice, but after a while the mannerisms became tiresome.

5 out of 5 stars Bringing American opera to the forefront.......2005-01-20

American opera is not as well-known to many people because it can be complex, both musically and dramatically, and requires amazing vocal technique to sing things that sound simple. Fleming's recording highlights some familiar arias (the Susannah arias, for example) as well as some that are almost unknown. If you are an opera fan, and especially if you want to learn more about American opera, this CD is a great place to start. My favorite: Glitter and Be Gay, from Bernstein's Candide. Wow.
Fear & Desire
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • It Was Worth the Wait!
  • MrNorth creates an instant masterwork! "Fear and Desire " is a must own!!!
  • An Album in a Sea of Singles
  • Best in Class
  • Amazing
 Fear & Desire
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Manufacturer: Rock Ridge Music
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MRA6J6
Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. Love Is...
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  4. Waking The Dead
  5. So Many Things
  6. The Player
  7. Sleeping Dogs
  8. Overture Reprise
  9. For The Moment
  10. So Long, Love
  11. In The Country
  12. Where No One Else Can See
  13. Rope

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MRNORTH returns with their new album "Fear & Desire," recorded and mixed at Stratosphere Sounds in New York and the state-of-the-art RED Studios in San Francisco. Their critically acclaimed first album, "Lifesize," was produced and mixed by the power combo of Jerry Harrison (No Doubt, O.A.R., Live, Talking Heads) and Tom Lord-Alge (well, everything you have heard on the radio in the last 15 years). This time, the Dublin foursome teamed up with the production and engineering prowess of Steve Lyon (Depeche Mode, The Cure) and co-mixer Keith Hilldebrant (Nine Inch Nails); the result is a beautifully orchestrated record, on which the band finally achieved what they've wanted to for years - a record that fully captures the massive sound and energy that pervades their dynamic live sets.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It Was Worth the Wait!.......2007-04-24

I was not impressed with this album the first few times I listened to it. In fact, I was quite shocked after the first listen because I thought it was so different from their first album (which I really, really like!). But this new album has grown in me with time, and now I can't stop listening to it! This new album shows maturity in all aspects. It was truly well done! Excellent!

By the way, I recommend you get the Sleeping Dogs EP as well, which has some great songs on it, and which I believe you can get only through iTunes and Napster.

5 out of 5 stars MrNorth creates an instant masterwork! "Fear and Desire " is a must own!!!.......2007-04-07

MRNORTH has created a masterpiece in only their 2nd full CD release.

"Fear and Desire" contains so many elements that I can not do it justice in the brief review space here. In short... it is rock at it's finest! It is literate and caring, it is powerful, orchestral, incredible vocals, great musicianship, soul moving, addictive, and once again ... rock at it's finest and most brilliant.
This will be regarded as a best of 2007 (and it's only April!) and it is only this amazing Irish / New York based band's 2nd full length CD...WOW !!!
Buy this full CD now, play it loud and over and over and over, and be consumed by it. Also, run to see the band live if they are anywhere near you... they sound even more incredible in person.
5 stars plus!!!!
Steve O

5 out of 5 stars An Album in a Sea of Singles.......2007-03-27

I am not a big music afficianado but this is just an outstanding album. I do not even care for rock and roll but Mrnorth has a unique sound and its arranged so well.

5 out of 5 stars Best in Class.......2007-03-22

This CD is one of the best I have heard in years, it is a little different from their first CD "Lifesize" which was also fantastic, I recommend getting both. This is is one of those CD's that you put your head phones on and listen to until the early morning hours. It is powerful and thought provoking.

I wouder give it 6 stars if I could.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing.......2007-03-11

Today, I received my Fear and Desire masterpiece!
I found it in my mailbox while heading out in my car, popped it in my cd player and was just so overwhelmed with the rich, beautiful sound that I had to pull over and just listen.

I purchased this after hearing Sleeping Dogs which was just so amazing.....and I am so glad that I did. I would highly recommend this to any and all. Gave me goosebumps!

The overture drawing me in and throughout this work.....From the vocals, instrumentals, the orchestral fullness adding to the mix.... to production...I was so moved.....truly a gift to the soul!

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