Super Mann

Advantages: Easy to listen to Songs
Disadvantages: CD2 a bit poor

...Have you ever heard a song on the radio and wondered what it is? That tune buried in the recesses of your mind that you?ve not heard for 20 years suddenly evokes memories of times gone by. Chances are there is one of those songs on the Manfred Mann Album ?The Evolution of Manfred Mann?. Many of the songs are instantly recognisable having been used as theme tunes to TV programs or adapted for adverts. Most are pleasant melodic tunes that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Track listing 1. 5-4-3-2-1 ? Manfred Mann 2. Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble ? Manfred Mann 3. Do Wah Diddy Diddy ? Manfred Mann 4. Sha La La ? Manfred Mann 5. Come Tomorrow ? Manfred Mann 6. Oh No Not My Baby ? Manfred Mann 7. If You Gotta Go Go Now ? Manfred Mann 8. Pretty Flamingo ? Manfred Mann 9. Just Like a Woman ? Manfred Mann 10. Semi...

stuleg 08.05.2003 · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Triple A Entertainment - Amar Akbar Anthony

Advantages: good all round fun film
Disadvantages: story

...Amar Akbar Anthony is a Hindi language film which was released in 1977 and it is the first Hindi film I recall ever seeing as a child. PLOT SUMMARY Kishanlal (Pran) is an ex con fleeing from the mob who leaves his wife and three young sons in the process. His wife Bharati (Nirupa Roy) becomes blind and is separated from her children who end up being brought up by a Hindu policeman, a Muslim tailor and a Catholic priest with new names of Amar (Vinod Khanna), Akbar (Rishi Kapoor) & Anthony (Amitabh Bachchan). The boys grow up to be a policeman, singer and chancer respectively. As the story develops we see them meet the women of their dreams (Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh and Parveen Babi) under varying circumstances and whether or not the family is finally reunited with the bad guys still on the loose (Jeevan and Ranjeet...

anonymili 11.12.2008 · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Wise up to Aimee Mann

Advantages: Catchy songs with wonderful lyrics
Disadvantages: Takes a while to grow on you

...When it was first released, the only way you could have bought this album was through Aimee Mann's own website. Now, thanks in no small measure to the success of the film Magnolia, coupled with Mann's superb Oscar nominated song, 'Save Me', it's getting the kind of widespread release it deserves. If ever there was a cloud with a silver lining, it was Universal's decision to reject this album on the grounds that it saw no 'radio friendly' singles on it. Having since bought back her songs and released them independently on her own label, she's now in a position to say a big "screw you" to her previous employers. Bachelor No. 2 is filled with the kind of catchy songs and simple, direct lyrics that stick in your head for months on end, and it was no surprise to see it on many a critic's top ten list at the end of 2000. Having said...

TJ-Mackey 20.10.2002 · Read review
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Marc Anthony - The reigning king of salsa

Advantages: It's Fantastic and timeless
Disadvantages: None!

...Marc Anthony. Who is he, you may well ask? Well, in my opinion he is a genius song writer and an incredibly talented and heart-felt singer: a man that puts his whole being into every word he sings. Marc Anthony is a 32 year old American Latino, born and raised in Spanish Harlem. Although he has had a huge following in Latin countries since the early 90's, he only received international acclaim in the English speaking world after the release of this album, in September 1999. The success of the album was kick-started by his huge hit - 'I need to know' and the album subsequently sold a staggering 2 million copies in the US alone. Marc is a talented individual, not only does he sing the songs, but he has also co-written 10 of the tracks. Such is his popularity, a leading Puerto Rican newspaper hailed Anthony as 'A prophet in his native...

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Best Mann work to date.

Advantages: Tremendous, relentlessly honest lyrics.
Disadvantages: Not many, if you can handle its brutally sad honesty.

...I must say, these are very interesting insights from the other reviewers. Agreed, this album is surely Mann's saddest. It's also her best. And, yes, it is amazing how she can write such pain-racked lyrics, while still delivering such a warm, listenable sound. Still, I contend that "Real Bad News" is effective. The song is about self-loathing, and the melody and lyrics do drown and flounder, but that is what self-contempt does to people. It makes them dull and listless, just like the sound of the song. I was impressed with this track. I like "Moth" too. I agree with Mann that "Nothing fuels a good flirtation like need and anger and desperation." Hence, the "hotter than hot" flame is a well deployed image, in my opinion. It also invigorates the heavy-themed album with a burst of passion, which is necessary toward the end. The fuse...

syoung27 15.07.2007 · Read review
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PIERS ANTHONY Incarnations of immortality,

Advantages: Really good imagery, Gets the mind working
Disadvantages: critical of some social decisions

...To begin I would like to give some information on Piers Anthony himself. Piers Anthony was born in Oxford, England in 1934. He and his family moved to Spain in 1939. In 1940 with him at the age of six they moved and settled in the U.S.A. He had difficulty getting through the first stages of school due to finding it difficult to learn to read. However after overcoming this obstacle he progressed to become an English teacher before settling as a full time author. In 1958 He became a citizen of the U.S.A. His first publications were short stories, the first one of these was called POSSIBLE TO RUE and this was published in 1963. Four years later in 1967 CTHON became his first published novel. By 1981 when he began writing ON A PALE HORSE the first book of the INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY he was writing an average of three books per year...

oakleigh 11.02.2007 · Read review
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Nuyorican - Marc Anthony

Advantages: Excellent voice
Disadvantages: Some songs too slow. Married to J-Lo!!

...This album came out in 1999, I bought it in 2000, after hearing I need to know, whilst on holiday in Turkey, (a vain attempt to keep my holiday memories alive!). Marc Anthony is a Puerto Rican New Yorker, a Nuyorican, as they have decided to call themselves. He has been around for some years, I believe this is his first English language album, but don't quote me on that. He has starred in a few films, one of which being 'Sneakers', if any of you remeber it, I think it was about computer hackers? It is the way his voice brakes in the middle of a note that gives it such sincerity and attracted me to buy this album. You just know that whoever he is singing these songs to is definitely a lucky lady. Well, he's singing them to Jennifer Lopez now isn't he? Who would have guessed back then, not I, that's for sure! Track 1: When I...

mavimelek 19.05.2005 (24.05.2005) · Read review
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Anthony Kiedis' Scar Tissue

Advantages: Packed full of honest and mindblowing stories
Disadvantages: It was too short!

...Scar Tissue - A Biography written by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman. This book without a doubt has been one of the best books i have ever read. It is a brutally honest and emotive representation of one of the most famous singer/ songwriters of the last 3 decades and the front man of one of the worlds greatest bands, The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The book gives an extreamly detailed description of the ups and downs throughout Anthony Kiedis' life and of those around him. The book gives us a clear image of how drugs have effected the lives of Anthony and those around him. He is not afraid to show the world how vulnerable he can be and how even the smallest things can effect so many others. Upon reading the book, one thing i noticed was how highly he spoke of the many women in his life and how these women have played a major part in his...

Kate-O 24.08.2007 · Read review
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