Best of M People [Import]

Best of M People [Import]

ASIN: B00000GATK

Track Listings

1. Testify

2. Search for the Hero

3. Moving on Up

4. Angel St.

5. One Night in Heaven

6. Itchycoo Park

7. Sight for Sore Eyes

8. Just for You

9. Colour My Life

10. How Can I Love You More?

11. Dreaming

12. Open Your Heart

13. Don't Look Any Further

14. Someday

15. Renaissance

16. Fantasy Island

17. What a Fool Believes

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1998 compilation by the hit-making British dance team features 17 tracks including the hits 'Moving On Up', 'One Night In Heaven', 'Search For The Hero' & 'Don't Look Any Further', plus 3 new songs, 'Testify', 'Dreaming' & an excellent cover of the Doobie Brothers' 'What A Fool Believes'. BMG.

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The Best of Village People
Average customer rating:

The title of this record says it all.

Funky Music gives you energy!

Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups

Awesome!!

Party on a platter!

The Best of Village People
Village People
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001E40
Release Date: 1994-03-22

Tracks:

Y.M.C.A.
Macho Man (12' Version)
Can't Stop The Music
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)
Ready For The 80's (12' Version)
Key West
In The Navy
Fire Island
Go West (12' Version)
Village People
Hot Cop
In The Navy (12' Version)
Y.M.C.A. (12' Version)

Amazon.com

OK, "Macho Man," after you are "In the Navy" and you've spent the night at the "Y.M.C.A" in New York City, you should "Go West" to "San Francisco" where they "Can't Stop the Music" and then, when it gets too foggy, head out for some sun in "Key West." All the great Village People classics are in this collection. Whether you fancy yourself the Construction Worker or the Native American, you'll be happy with this raucous collection of grandly cheeky hits. These are big disco songs, with thinly veiled innuendoes; the flamboyant and triumphant lyrics will get you on your feet, arms in a "Y," in no time. --Beth Bessmer

Album Description

16 track 1993 collection on the Massive label with four extended remixes added as bonus tracks: '93 remixes of 'In The Navy', 'Can't Stop The Music' & 'Macho Man', plus 'Y.M.C.A.' (Original Version).

Album Details

Australian Only, Reissue of the Recently Deleted Compilation. Tracks: Ymca (93 Remix), in the Navy, Can't Stop the Music, San Fransisco, Macho Man, Go West, Fire Island, Sex Over the Phone, New York City, Just a Gigolo/I A'Int Nobody, and More.

Customer Reviews:

The title of this record says it all........2007-05-14

This particular record edged out the other "Best of" collections of the Village People on my shopping list because of the quality of the "filler" songs on the disc. This was actually purchased as a present for an uncle of mine who loves the group. It just so happens that he has quite the colorful Fire Island story from his days as a pilot and this cd just so happened to be the only best of collection that included a song of the same name.

Also a very energetic, dancable record, definitely the treatment to get your mood up and your blood flowing in the morning, during rush hour traffic, or any ol' time you feel like bobbing in your seat or dancing around the house. =)

Funky Music gives you energy!.......2007-03-03

When I am really tired, all I have to do is play this cd and it gives me energy. Funky, funky, funky!
It is upbeat and energizing!
Try it!

Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups.......2007-01-22

Although their prime was relatively brief, the Village People is still one of the first names mentioned when the disco era is discussed. Despite having no musical talent (with the exception of lead vocalist Victor Willis), the Village People would gain a great deal of fame through their visual presence while performing songs co-written by their visionary producer Jacques Morali and several professional songwriters. In retrospect, their story isn't much different from the New Kids on the Block who would become much bigger stars a decade later. However, while the New Kids on the Block's big hits have largely become forgotten, the Village People's big hits have aged quite well. Their undeniable high point is "Y.M.C.A.", which is not only one of the biggest hits of the disco era but remains a favorite in both the dance clubs and weddings nearly 30 years later. The big hits "Macho Man" and "In the Navy" possess memorable choruses, catchy hooks, and killer bass lines and still sound great. The lesser known tracks "San Francisco (You've Got Me)", "In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)", and "Key West" are all very funky and on the level of their hit singles. The quality drops noticeably after this as the songs range from decent ("Fire Island, "Can't Stop the Music", "Village People") to mediocre ("Go West", "Hot Cop"). Also worth noting is that listening to the album in its entirety can become a chore since most of the songs begin with a drum beat in the same exact tempo. All told, The Best of Village People is a good compilation of one of the most popular disco groups of the 1970's. Highly recommended to fans of the disco years.

Awesome!!.......2004-05-21

I love this album. It's fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys great music.

Party on a platter!.......2004-04-16

If the Casablanca record label was the Monarchy of the Disco Nation, The Village People were their finest ambassadors. More than any of the prefabricated disco machines that the decade produced, it is the VP's cavity provoking bubble-gum dance records that made strobe lights and disco balls accessible and acceptable to party people of all stripes. Add in the undeniable fact that the innuendo laden singles and their stereotyped get-ups made gay subculture visible and you can actually add the term "culturally significant" to the Village People's list of accomplishments.

But all that pales when placed next to the vibrancy of this solid collection of 12 inch singles and dance mixes. Like all of the best dance floor confectionary creampuffs, the songs here convey a kooky innocence (the Navy had to let in on the joke before they backed off their decision to use "In The Navy" as a recruitment jingle) that remains timeless. And in the post-AIDS decades, the more obvious 70's call to the disenfranchised like "Go West," "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" are even poignant.

Tracks:

There's No Business Like Show Business
Swanee
Ol' Man River
You're The Top
Oklahoma
Luck Be A Lady
I Could Have Danced All Night
America
My Favorite Things
People
If I Were A Rich Man
The Impossible Dream
Cabaret
Let The Sunshine In
Send In The Clowns
One
Tomorrow
Memory
The Music Of The Night
Good Morning Baltimore
Defying Gravity

Amazon.com

A companion to the fabulous PBS series, the 21-song, 77-minute The Best of "Broadway: The American Musical" provides about as good a single-disc compilation as anyone could hope for. (There's also a five-CD version.) What sets it apart from so many other "best of Broadway" collections is its breadth--because it had access to a variety of record-label vaults it doesn't have to try to disguise gaps by using revivals or solo recordings. Here you get all the authentic stuff, including: Paul Robeson singing "Ol' Man River" from the first modern American musical, Show Boat; Ethel Merman singing "You're the Top"; the title song from Oklahoma!; Julie Andrews singing "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady; West Side Story's "America"; Betty Buckley singing "Memory" from Cats; Hairspray's "Good Morning Baltimore"; and "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, the newest show discussed in the PBS series. And it's hard to argue with the songwriters represented: Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Lerner and Loewe, Leonard Bernstein, Bock and Harnick, Kander and Ebb, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, among others. Obviously, no single-disc compilation could ever please everyone (did we really need two ALW songs?), but as a sampler intended for people who watched the series and want to hear more of the Great White Way, The Best of "Broadway: The American Musical" can't be topped. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

Some interesting choices, indeed.......2006-03-02

This is a pretty good compilation, but I have to wonder at some of the choices that went into it.
"Good Morning Baltimore" is almost the least impressive song from Hairspray. "You Can't Stop the Beat" was a much more anthemic song from that show.
I agree that it's too bad Les Mis didn't make it in. I would have traded that for anything Sondheim, although that's a personal preference :) .
Still, the opportunity to hear the original performers and orchestras perform these works, all in one place, is a great deal.

Great CD.......2005-11-01

This one plays in the car, on the ipod and in the house. When the kids were little they would ask if we could take them to "The Street". That is what they called Broadway (little did they know at that time how famous that street is). They still love it and we can not get enough of it. This CD covers the best and makes you want to go and see a live performance. You can not beat that.

Great selections, but bad transfers.......2005-07-27

This is a great taste of broadway. If you enjoyed the B'Way series at all, then you will probably enjoy this CD. My problem with it is that some of the songs sound like they were not remastered at all- the transfer to CD is terrible. The orchestrations in "You're the top" by Ethel Merman are muffled, and the song sounds like it was taken straight from an old record and slapped onto the CD without fixing it up. It doesn't sound very clear, which is a bit upsetting and annoying. Maybe this is just because that particular recording is older than some of the songs chosen to be on this CD. The more modern songs sound crisp and new and beautiful. "Swanee" is also very low quality as if it were just taken off of a record and put on the CD without any restoration. I just feel that these songs deserved better treatment and that we as customers deserve better treatment. Decca could have restored these songs and made them sound really good, but they decided just to slap them on the CD without touching them up.

I am surprised that nothing was chosen to be on this recording from Les Miserables since it had been on Broadway for 16 years and its tour is running until 2006. There were selections from Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Wicked, so I am not sure why nothing was chosen from Les Miserables.

Other than these few nit pickings, I think that this is a great introduction to musicals. It gives a little taste across the spectrum. Try getting the cast recordings of the songs that you really like on this collection. It's worth buying if you're a huge broadway fan.

Yes this is Some of the Best of Broadway!.......2005-04-08

This CD from Decca Broadway is a wonderful selection of some of

the "Greatest Hits" of the Broadway stage. Decca and Sony have

done an excellent job of remastering the various recordings, some

of which still show some of their age, but come across quite

well. Are there a lot of songs that I would have put on this

disc? Yes, but the ones on here are good choices. I may have to

get a copy of the Five disc set and the DVD's just to see if any

more of my favorites made it on the list. What this disc seems to

try to do is show the evolution of the Broadway song from it's

early days to the present. It succeeds quite well I think.

If you enjoy Broadway theater this CD is a must!

The music of Broadway comes alive.......2004-10-07

I loved listening to this CD. The music from Broadway's best loved musicals are on this album. I recogized most of these songs, even though I've only seen a few of them on the local stage. I have so many favorites on this CD. It is hard to pick one. I'm a big fan of Barbara Streisand. I loved her performance of People from Funny Girl. Memory is the hit song from the musical Cats. Betty Buckley's performance of this song is so emotional and sincere.

I loved the song Annie. It is a wonderfully optimistic song performed by the original Annie Andrea McArdle. Another highlight for me is the song One performed by the cast of a Chorus Line. Luck Be A Lady Tonight is another of my favorite broadway songs on this CD from Guys and Dolls. The music of the night is a beautiful song by Michael Crawford from Phantom of the Opera. Richard Kiley has such a strong and powerful voice. He sounds so inspirational singing The Impossible Dream from Man from La Mancha. My dream is to see some musicals on Broadway someday and listen to these songs performed live.

I'm surprised that there isn't any music from Miss Saigon or Jesus Christ Superstar included here. I think they are classic musicals with great songs Maybe they will appear on a future compilation from PBS.

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Village People

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fast and happy
Way to Go.
Quo Vadis, Baby?
the worst band ever?
Good collection - But Missing "Go West"

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Village People
Village People
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
ProductGroup: Music
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Key West
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Customer Reviews:

fast and happy.......2007-05-15

service was fast, and we are happy with our purchase. Package came in about 3 days, excellent condition, could not ask for better or faster service from amazon. thanks

Way to Go........2006-03-22

This CD sounds so much better. It is improved and all their songs on one CD who wouldn't like it.

Quo Vadis, Baby? .......2006-01-03

OK.
In order to understand how much a few reviews here knew about the Village People, and about this specific collection, and thus how much reliable a few of them they can be to craft your own guesswork and decide whether to purchase this cd or not, you may want to consider that some of these reviews complain that "Go West" is a track missing from the compilation.

Well, it is not. It is only missing (arguably overlooked) by the Amazon list of tracks. But it is NOT missing from the actual, physical disk.

Isn't it cute, to review a cd you didn't even purchase, in order to suggest whether the others should or shouldn't purchase it?

Now, it happens I have purchased the cd indeed. So I do know "Go West" does is in it.
And I am here to say: you should buy this cd too. Now, baby.

Then, of course, many of these reviews are concerned with labeling the Village People as "homosexual" or as "a gay group". That's not a new one. The New Yorker was busy a few months ago assessing whether Gogol was gay, rather than one of the greatest Russian writers ever. Many critics were busy for decades trying to understand whether Shakespeare was gay - unsuccessfully busy, by the way. Many guys tried to claim Ernest Hemingway was gay - because also if you are not, who told you you could not be such all the same, very very very very secretly? Isn't it?

I must say that if the Village People were gay, that's fine to me: because I am not, so I just couldn't care less about what they preferred sexually. In order to listen to their music, I am not required to share more than their music, and to judge them only after that.
Because when I purchase a cd, I want to listen to the music, not to the gossip. And when I read a book, like a Gogol title, I want to cultivate my spirit, and learn how to fly at a higher level, not how to sink in the undergloom of the (very) small talk.

The Village People didn't become famous insofar as gays. They did inasfar as they produced some of the best disco music ever. That's the reason. Because it is not enough to have some specific sexual preference, in order to be famous. Or just everybody could become very famous very fast and very cheaply.

Now, disco music IS silly music. It WANTS, it MEANS to be silly. It is in the fact it means to be silly, that all its value resides. If it would have meant to be serious, it would have become ridiculous. The Village People does not MEAN to be the Pink Floyd! It never meant to be the Dire Straits!
Its purpose wasn't of being esoteric or mysterious. It sounds silly, meaning to be it; it sounds FUN, meaning to BE fun. Just fun. Plain fun. Obnoxious fun, if you prefer. But fun.

Disco music wants to be an hymn to the joy of being alive together. It wants to suggest incarnated fleshes that none the less dance together in the valley of death and in the wilderness. It wants to deliver the idea of joy. It wants to speak of the Homo Ludens by Huizinga (search Amazon books, to know more about this name...).
Disco Music wants to be the apotheosis of a soul that decided that for a moment, maybe even for a few minutes, it is possible, maybe it's even worth while, being happy. Completely, absolutely, entirely happy. A thing they do not want you to be, you know. No more harrowing dilemmas; no more death; no more wounds; with the twilight of the idols behind your shoulders, you may even decide to smile for a second before this unjust earth.

When it comes to express this feeling, all the saints marchin' in, all the living souls dancing together, the Village People produced some of the best pieces ever. Simply.

YMCA needs no introduction. You listen to it, and it justifies itself.
Forget serious music for a moment. And you will enjoy YMCA in all its glory, like an exploding JS Bach fugue, like a Beethoven climax, like a dazzling set of fireworks, like the very same meaning Wolfgang Mozart at times voiced. And what's wrong, if this round it's expressed in a simpler tone?
Once over with this cd, you're still on time to go back to the old bitterness.

But once in your life you ought to listen to what the Disco truly meant, to its message; and then you need this cd, you need the Village People. And when you shall have understood the meaning of their message, you would not care a damn it any longer about whether they were gay or not. They were the Village People, and the made some of the best disco ever. And this is why you, me, and many others still listen to them today. They had something to say. Yes, they did.

Occasionally, men and women can be absolutely happy, with no drama, with a serene gaze. Occasionally.

In those occasions, your soundtrack is "YMCA" - or "San Francisco" by the Village People. At full volume, and with earphones (if at home). And forget all the rest.

"Macho Man", "In The Navy": if you do not know how to smile, you won't like them. But the day you may decide it is a good day for smiling, you may truly regret not to have got at least one copy of the Village People's disco music in your shelves.
So get it, also if today you're not happy.
For at times, also the sun rises.
At times, of course. But the Village People are for THOSE times exactly, and in THOSE times ONLY they can be understood.

the worst band ever?.......2005-01-24

There were good things about the 70's, sure. Those were Led Zeppelin, Joy Division, and Black Sabbath. Then there were many BAD things about the 70's. Those would be Cher, every Zeppelin wannabe, and nearly all disco. Punk rock and metal proved to be the darwinian victors, passing on their genes in the process of musical evolution. The losers would not survive the power of punk rock and metal. The ultimate loser band of the 70's is that unholy combination of disco and overt homosexuality, The Village People. This band stinks so bad I can't really even do it justice. I'm willing to bet that even plenty of those people who have "alternative lifestyles" hate this band. It just sucks so bad. What kind of loser would go to a concert by this group?! Who would conceivably pay actual money for this?! After Kurt Cobain and NIRVANA this stuff just sucked even more than it had already sucked. God this is AWFUL. Please, if you have to listen to disco, do the right thing and listen to the BeeGee's or something. Meanwhile, I'll be listening to Led Zep 4.

It's hard to say when disco died. It was killed by superior music along with competition from its much superior musical mutation/variant, techno. So that, even though punk had tried for years to kill disco, it was TECHNO that truly put the last nail in the coffin.

Good collection - But Missing "Go West".......2004-04-16

But all that pales when placed next to the vibrancy of this brief but solid collection of 10 singles. Like all of the best radio confectionary creampuffs, the songs here convey a kooky innocence (the Navy had to let in on the joke before they backed off their decision to use "In The Navy" as a recruitment jingle) that remains timeless. And in the post-AIDS decades, the more obvious 70's call to the disenfranchised like "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" are even poignant.

Tracks:

Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
Swanee- Al Jolson
When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody- John Steel
My Man- Fanny Brice
Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)- 78rpm Version Eddie Cantor
Someone To Watch Over Me- Gertrude Lawrence
Bill- 78 rpm Version Helen Morgan
Ol' Man River- Paul Robeson
Ain't Misbehavin'- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
Body And Soul- Libby Holman
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime- Bing Crosby
Night And Day- Fred Astaire
Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
You're The Top- Ethel Merman
Summertime- Anne Brown
September Song- Walter Huston
My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake

Tracks:

New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence

Tracks:

Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
People- Barbra Streisand
Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
Open a New Window- from Mame Voice

Tracks:

Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
Come Follow The Band
Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia

Tracks:

Memory- Betty Buckley
I Am What I Am- George Hearn
Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
With One Look- Glenn Close
On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
Seasons Of Love-
Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

Top Shelf.......2007-01-04

This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.

TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23

THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.

Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14

This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway

Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17

If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway

Average customer rating:

Very Best of Broadway Music

Very Best Of Broadway Musicals
Various Artists
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Very Best of Broadway Music.......2007-05-08

I really like Broadway music so this is the BEST!!!!!!
I let someone else borrow this to listen at her house--She liked it also

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John Rutter Collection
Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
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Be Thou My Vision

ASIN: B00006JJ4T
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

Wexford Carol
Jesus Child
There Is a Flower
Donkey Carol
Wild Wood Carol
Angels' Carol
Nativity Carol
Mary's Lullaby
Star Carol
Candlelight Carol
Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Christmas Lullaby
Dormi, Jesu
Love Came Down at Christmas
Sans Day Carol
I Wonder as I Wander
What Sweeter Music
Joy to the World
I Saw Three Ships
Deck the Hall
Very Best Time of Year
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Silent Night

Album Description

Top of the British Classical Charts for 10 Weeks! Billboard Top Ten Classical Recording - December 2002! This album gathers together most of the carols I have composed over the years, plus a sprinkling of my arrangements of traditional carols, grouped to form a program which narrates, reflects upon, and celebrates the Christmas story. I have always enjoyed carols ever since I first sang them as a member of my school choir, and it was not long before I began to write carols of my own-in fact my first two published compositions were the Nativity Carol and the Shepherd's Pipe Carol. For any musician involved in choral music, Christmas is an especially joyous time, and I am indeed happy that it has played a part in my musical life for so many years- JOHN RUTTER

Customer Reviews:

Rutter Christmas Album.......2007-05-14

Great selection of music, and well presented. This is however older recordings that do not match the quality of Rutter's latest recordings such as the Te Deum or the Gloria.

Unique and Beautiful!.......2007-03-09

John Rutter, and his beautiful music, is such a gift to the world. This unique Christmas CD is magnificent! Especially touching are two of Rutter's original carols, "Christmas Lullaby" and the joyful "Angels' Carol." The musical selections speak to the soul, helping the listener connect to emotions of joy, peace, faith, hope, and love. This is a worthy addition to your collection of Christmas CDs.

Johh Rutter Chirstmas Album.......2007-02-19

If I were to choose only one Christmas album to ever own, this would be the one. John Rutter is an exceptional composer of religious music, with unusual harmonies. The music is difficult to sing, and because this is his own choir and he is directing it, the performance is flawless. Gives you goosebumps.

Liked it enough to go through a lot of trouble to give it a review........2007-02-07

Great music by John Rutter: Great performance!

John Rutter and Cambridge Singers.......2007-01-18

This is quintessential English cathedral music; beautifully sung. Reminds one of the English Christmas -- warm and serene -- that we've only experienced in our dreams!

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Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein

Manufacturer: Alshire
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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20 Years of Beautiful Music
101 Strings Plays Frank Sinatra
The Great Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Melodies of Love
As Time Goes By

ASIN: B000000KPJ
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

Some Enchanted Evening
Climb Every Mountain
June is Bustin' Out All Over
Aisle Talk
Bali Hai
Opening Night
Getting To Know You
If I Loved You
Oklahoma
Curtain Time
I Enjoy Being A Girl
People Will Say We're In Love

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Superb M-People Album - A must have for fans!
Mince
Superb Album!!! Holds up over time!
Fabulous!!!
Penultimate of all of MPEOPLES Work!

Best of M People
M People
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Ultimate Collection (Remixes)
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Testify

ASIN: B00000GATK
Release Date: 1999-05-21

Tracks:

Testify
Search for the Hero
Moving on Up
Angel St.
One Night in Heaven
Itchycoo Park
Sight for Sore Eyes
Just for You
Colour My Life
How Can I Love You More?
Dreaming
Open Your Heart
Don't Look Any Further
Someday
Renaissance
Fantasy Island
What a Fool Believes

Album Description

1998 compilation by the hit-making British dance team features 17 tracks including the hits 'Moving On Up', 'One Night In Heaven', 'Search For The Hero' & 'Don't Look Any Further', plus 3 new songs, 'Testify', 'Dreaming' & an excellent cover of the Doobie Brothers' 'What A Fool Believes'. BMG.

Album Details

M People Issued this Retrospective of UK Top Ten and World Hits in 1998. Features the 1994 Smash 'movin' on Up', plus Early Singles 'how Can I Love You More', 'colour My Life' and a Remake of the Kenny Loggins / Michael Mcdonald Classic 'what a Foolbelieves'.

Customer Reviews:

Superb M-People Album - A must have for fans!.......2006-06-23

I bought my CD way back 2000 when I was still in the Philippines. Two of my friends have it and I got lucky listening to the album one time in my pal's car. Ever since that time, I was mesmerized by every song of the album. I had to go to the States at 2001 and bought another one just incase my old one wears out. Only this album had made me buy a duplicate reserved copy just in case something happens to my original one. By the way, my mom has the album also and she dances to the tunes every single morning during her exercise regimen. IT's a fantastic album!

Mince.......2006-02-16

You'd think that with all the technology available today they'd be able to get Big Heather's vocals in tune with her backing band.

Superb Album!!! Holds up over time!.......2003-10-05

I bought my CD way back 2000 when I was still in the Philippines. Two of my friends have it and I got lucky listening to the album one time in my pal's car. Ever since that time, I was mesmerized by every song of the album. I had to go to the States at 2001 and bought another one just incase my old one wears out. Only this album had made me buy a duplicate reserved copy for any untoward eventuality that might happen to it. By the way, my mom has the album also and she dances to the tunes every single morning during her exercise regimen. IT's a fantastic album!

For Filipinos, this is the perennial album being played in
Ayala Station of the MRT!

Fabulous!!!.......2003-02-11

This is great music for dancing by yourself (MOVIN' ON UP) or singing in your car (HOW CAN I LOVE YOU MORE)or if you need inspiration (SEARCH FOR THE HERO) or a theme song for you and your lover (JUST FOR YOU). A fantastic album of the group's best songs!

Penultimate of all of MPEOPLES Work!.......2001-08-15

I bought this CD after sampling some of Mpeoples work on some music sites, I was not able to get all of their work on line so I decided to invest in the Best CD. It has stayed secured in my CD Changer for two months!! The hits are incredible and touch all areas of thier work. The lyrics are so incredible meaningful when you have a chance to sit and think about them. I regret that they are no longer together but fear not. Heather Small, the MPEOPLE's lifeline is available on her own cut now and she has brought the music to a new level. Gone are the dancy be-bop dance around in your underwear when no-one is home music!! She is now introducing a new level of R&B with the incredible voice of hers. Pick up the CD, it is truly worth the money.

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A naear-perfect anthology of his PIR recordings.
MOST OF THE ESSENTIALS ARE COLLECTED HERE.
RIP to One of the smoothest Vocalist Cats Ever

Groovy People: The Best of Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls
Manufacturer: Music Club Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009YVBRS
Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Groovy People
See You When I Git There
Lady Love
One Life to Live
Let Me Be Good to You
Sit Down and Talk to Me
I Go Crazy
I Wish You Belonged to Me
From Now On
Trade Winds
Bark, Bite (Fight All Night)
I Wish It Were Yesterday
Dollar Green
Love Is a Hurtin' Thing [Live]
Dead End Street [Live]
Tobacco Road [Live]
This Song Will Last Forever
There Will Be Love
Ain't That Loving You

Album Description

This Best Of features the hits 'Lady Love', 'Let Me Be Good To You', 'See You When I Git There' and the top 10 smash 'You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine' and also features new artwork and sleeve notes by Bill Buckley of Blues & Soul magazine. 20 total tracks. Music Club. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Collection of the Great Soul Singer featuring the Hits "Lady Love", "Let Me Be Good to You", "See You When I Git There" and the Top 10 Smash "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".

Customer Reviews:

A naear-perfect anthology of his PIR recordings........2006-03-30

This superb compilation of Mr. Rawls' 1976-82 Philadelphia International recordings is nothing short of special--not only does it give us some of his all-time greatest recordings, it also allows us to enjoy his rich and ultra-smooth voice again. Lou was dearly loved and will be missed but his music remains timeless and shall be loved always.

MOST OF THE ESSENTIALS ARE COLLECTED HERE........2006-01-11

Being a big Lou Rawls fan, I can say without reservation that all of the essentials from the Philadelphia International years are here. In fact, I would have picked the same tunes to represent the best from what was arguably the pinnacle of Ms. Rawls' career. [I might have included "Some Folks Never Learn," and "You're My Blessing," however.] You're getting about a dozen of the very best from that incredible mid-late 70's period. Mr. Rawl's greatest hit from the 60's--"Love Is A Hurtin' Thing"--is here, as well, albeit a live version from 1996, along with his "Tobacco Road" and "Dead End Street."

A note on the 70's stuff: Pairing Lou Rawls with the Gamble & Huff organization was a match made in heaven. The production and performance were flawless. Very smooth, tasty and jazzy arrangements, with all the bells and whistles. Well, horns and strings, anyway. The tunes were pretty awesome, too. How can you top "You'll Never Find...," and "Lady Love?' "This Song Will Last Forever" really will! "One Life to Live," is beautiful. "See You When I Git There" is wonderful fun.

If the mastering is good, and if the selections are full-length album versions, this set would be hard to beat as a single disc collection of Mr. Rawl's best work. Sorry that I can't attest to that.

A final note: I was thrilled to meet, and to even sing with Mr. Rawls when I worked in the Atlantic City casino industry. Mr. Rawl's was a gentleman, an extremely gifted singer, a class act, and a fine human being. Heaven recently became a more musical and swinging place!

RIP to One of the smoothest Vocalist Cats Ever.......2006-01-07

Lou Rawls was not Only a strong Vocalist,but also a very down to earth Brother.this Coompilation mainly serves from His Philly International Era which is the Era that truly Blew Him up even more so than His 60's material."you'll never find another love like mine is classic×.Lady love,see you when I get there are all trademark Lou Rawls vocal gems.you can hear the Billy Eckstine,Arthur Prysock&Frank Sinatra vibe on him as a Artist.Lou Rawls blended styles so well&yet had his own bag when he presented songs.when Frank Sinatra says you have the Silkest Chops in Music that speaks volumes coming from Ole Blue Eyes.Lou Rawls did a decent take on a Sinatra tribute Project.Lou Rawls always gave back&His United Negro College Fund telethon has enriched so many lives. RIP to a Strong Artist&a even Stronger Soul brother who touched so many lives.He was Groovy People.

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Go ahead and try not to dance....
I wanna get sleazy ?
In the Navy

The Very Best of the Village People
The Village People
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009POI
Release Date: 1998-08-04

Tracks:

Y.M.C.A.
In The Navy
Macho Man
In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)
Village People
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Key West
Go West
Ready For The 80's
Can't Stop The Music

Customer Reviews:

Go ahead and try not to dance...........2004-04-19

But all that pales when placed next to the vibrancy of this brief but solid collection of 10 singles. Like all of the best radio confectionary creampuffs, the songs here convey a kooky innocence (the Navy had to let in on the joke before they backed off their decision to use "In The Navy" as a recruitment jingle) that remains timeless. And in the post-AIDS decades, the more obvious 70's call to the disenfranchised like "Go West," "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" are even poignant.

Deny it if you dare, but secretly you know this stuff is great. Just see if your limbs don't start contorting into the alphabet next time "YMCA" gets played on some football arena P.A. or at your next company party. I double dog dare ya.

I wanna get sleazy ?.......2002-05-17

In the Navy is great, I totally agree with Sean Kelly from Tamworth. I would join the Navy because of this song but I get sea sick all the time. The CD is missing a few classics like Sleazy and the excellent songs from the much derided "new wave" album
Renaissance. I have the LP version of that album and side two sounds like Devo or Eyes or Nasal Boys (Dieter Maier from Yello's punk band). People who dismiss the Village People are morons who have never gotten drunk at an office christmas party, humped the boss's leg and got sacked. Too bad for you, Joe and Josephine Square.

In the Navy.......2000-07-27

I think it is an excellent song by the Village People, and I listen to it all the time. It tells you the good points of being in the navy, so you will join to help America win World War 2

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