Songs for the Jet Set

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Jet Set Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 604978000620
EAN: 0604978000620
ASIN: B0000058SD

Release Date: 1997-09-09

Songs for the Jet Set

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Tracks:

Wallpaper-3d Stewardess
Tommorrow's World-Leslie Phillips In Santiago
Loveletter-Barbarella
Milky- The Emperor Of Oranges
Wallpaper-Wallpaper
Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper-I Am A Kitten
South American Gateway-Expo Tenerife
Loveletter-We Can Fly
Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper....
Tommorrow's World-Kites Are Fun
Viva Maria-Nothing To Lose
Wallpaper-A Song For The Jet Set

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Customer Reviews:

The gooey center of Marshmallow Pop!.......2007-01-17

After seven years of listening to this collection, I'll repeat my original review from 1999:

"This CD is one of the most lovely and tasty pop confections I've ever heard. Rich, creamy cover versions like "Barbarella" and tart originals like "I am a Kitten" are the stuff of pop heaven. And to think this is 90's music. Kites are fun, indeed!"

Go listen to Mancini and Francois Lai - they are giants. This collection is for lovers of modern pop which has the feel of the sixties.

Lousy and crude attempt to capture a genre...................2004-09-24

This is a desparately weak collection of clumsily produced kitsch wannabe pap. A couple of the instrumental only tracks nearly work (hence the generous two stars), but the vocal tracks are truly lousy. Really disappointing if you are a looking for any subtlety - best look somewhere else. Try Michel Legrand, Francis Lai, a bit of Mancini perhaps....the originals are unbeatable, so why try to get anywhere near them with this dire pastiche? Caveat Emptor!

Update: It's now 9/2006 and it still sounds grim!

The first in a series. Tune in, chill-out, and swing........2004-06-15

The first of three 'Songs For The Jet Set' CD series, all in all, lounge music to sooth the soul and calm the senses. For what it's worth, a nice compilation of breezy jazz-like tunes, quaint and delicate, with a touch of swinging Euro-kisch. The songs tend to alternate between Burt Bacharach's aural-prozac and shuffling bossanova rhythms (with Astrud Gilberto-ish vocals) and a coating of fluffy Brian Wilson/Sean O'Hagan type arrangements. Thrown into the mix are the cloud-flights of The Fifth Dimension, Stereolab's doo-wop harmonies, and kischy guitar grooves. The songs go from inducing a romantic cool to hipster suave, the soundtrack to catch gentle Parisian breezes while sitting at an outdoor cafe.

Makes you cooler just listening to it.......2002-04-26

I first found out about this CD from exploring music that is similar to Fantastic Plastic Machine. It drew my attention because of its swinging cover art. I'm glad to say that the music is just as fun and breezy as the cover, but unfortunately it's a bit on the short side. (about 35 minutes) Def. buy if you like FPM, Pizzicato 5, or neo-Lounge/kitsch in general. Don't bother looking in those giant music stores for it, either. They're not hip enough to carry it.

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Mindfulness ~ William Hooker

Swingin' in Paris ~ Dicky Wells, Bill Coleman

Brazilian Rhapsody ~ Lee Konitz

Ten-Fold Hate ~ Chemical People

Let Me Rai ~ Cheb Mami

Debora Itamar Pércio ~ Trialogo

L'Orizzonte Degli Eventi ~ Massimo Zamboni

Puras Polkas

Fivelandia V.14 ~ Cristina D'avena