Housework Songs

Advantages: Good rhythms to do the housework to, some excellent songs
Disadvantages: Some songs will appeal to some and not to others.

...Housework Songs is a double CD compilation album. The idea is that these songs are all suitable to listen to whilst doing the housework so easing the load and making the dutiful chores a little more enjoyable. On the front cover is a picture of a woman (rather sexist, men do the housework too! At least they do in my house!) singing into her vacuum cleaner. There are 41 songs on the album and there is a good mixture with something for everyone. We have songs from the 1960s including "Pretty Woman", and "Respect", in the 1970s we have "You Sexy Thing" and "American Pie", the 1980s gives us "Fame" and "I Think We're Alone Now", the 1990s gives us "Over My Shoulder"and "Moving on Up" then from the 2000s we have "Spinning Around" and "The Closest Thing To Crazy." I love this album it has such a fantastic mix of songs, all of which I...

AJ26 04.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Housework Songs Vol.1 - Various Artists

A Song Review

Advantages: Good music which shows Stevie Wonder?s different styles.
Disadvantages: Differences of opinion about greatest hits.

...When reviewing an album with ?greatest hits? in the title, by an artist who has used a variety of music styles in his long career, there is bound to be controversy about which tracks should be there. I don?t want to haggle about Stevie Wonder?s best tracks, so far, as I probably wouldn?t end up pleasing many of his fans, if any. (Some critics seem to think that if a song is commercially good, it probably isn?t musically good.) Instead, I want to tell you about the tracks on this album and let you decide whether it is worth buying. One thing I am sure about is that there is no rubbish on this album. The tracks, to me, are either good or brilliant, therefore, I give the album 5 stars. A wide range of music influenced Stevie as he grew up including Gospel, Jazz, Reggae, and Motown. All of these influences can be heard on ?A Song...

luckyarchers 24.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of Song Review (The Very Best Of Stevie Wonder) - Stevie Wonder

My favourite songs

Advantages: In my opinion they are all terrific songs
Disadvantages: Of course people are going to have different music tastes & some won't like them

...There's so many songs that I love & remind me of things but I'll try my best to name 10 of my favourites. 1) Aaliyah - I Miss You I've always loved this song ever since it was released just after Aaliyah's tragic death in 2001. I loved all her songs & still listen to them on a regular basis. She really set the standard for artists like Beyonce & Rihanna to follow. I also love the video for this too, it's a great tribute to her. 2) 2pac - Dear Mama I don't know what it is about this song but it really speaks to me, I think 2pac wrote great lyrics & is a real testimony in that they are still releasing his material which I think is great. I loved the duet with Eton John, he's the last person you'd expect to be associated with someone like 2pac but it just shows how respected he was & of course still is. 3) Ashanti - Rain On Me...

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Review of Top 10 Songs of All Time

Songs of Varying Quality

Advantages: Overall fantastic vocals, good orchestration, strong songs
Disadvantages: Arena sometimes fails to put her own stamp on these songs

...Love There seems to be a stage in almost every female singer?s career where they decide it?s time to do a covers album. This stage tends to be around the age of 40 ? almost as if this age means the singer wishes to reflect on songs that have inspired them over the years. Well, this is usually what they say in the publicity video anyway ? I often suspect it?s a last ditch attempt to shift units as each release meets with ever diminishing returns. Australian singer-songwriter Tina Arena has had a patchy international singing career. She has a lovely, clear voice ? I like how she doesn?t have to resort to vocal acrobatics to prove her point ? but has had few big hits since she had her first foray into the UK charts with ?Chains? back in 1994. She failed to move me until she released ?Aller Plus Haut? in France back in 1999 ? I was...

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Review of Songs of Love and Loss - Tina Arena

Loving the Ire and the Songs

Advantages: It's great music more or less throughout
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker moments

...Having heard Frank Turner's "The First Three Years", an album which reflected on his first few years work as a solo artist after leaving Million Dead, there was no way I couldn't listen to more of his music. After all, the genre he works in, mainly folk based but with frequent rock twists, was one I enjoy listening to and my first experience with his work proved that he was very adept within that field. Compilations like that can be a bit patchy due to their nature, so it seemed only fair I judge him not only on that, but also on his studio work. Fortunately, the version of "The First Three Years" I picked up also came packaged with his second studio album, "Love, Ire & Song", so I didn't have to go too far to get a taste of Turner's studio work. There's a very John Otway feel to the title of "I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous...

Soho_Black 16.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Love Ire And Song - Frank Turner

A list of songs I like to sing to!

Advantages: A subjective list - how many have you heard of? (Good job you can't hear me sing!)
Disadvantages: A subjective list - most will not agree with my choices!

...Top Ten Songs Of All Time: A list of songs I like to sing to! Oh no, not another Top Ten list! Love 'em or hate 'em, Top Ten lists are by their very nature extremely difficult to write - the mind is a fickle beast and what constitutes someone's best-liked tunes one week will undoubtedly change before the next hour, day or week is up. There's so much good music by so many talented artists that a definitive Top 10 is practically impossible - you'll always forget about a track or two that should have been in your list but only remember them as soon as the original line-up is committed to print. What I've done, therefore, is to mentally recall the ten tracks I couldn't bear to be without at this very moment - my "Desert Island Discs", if you like, except for the fact that there's ten records instead of eight, and I don't have to...

graeme10 07.02.2009 (17.02.2009) · Read review
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Review of Top 10 Songs of All Time

The Songs Of My life!!!

Advantages: Great Songs
Disadvantages: Nothing

...Hello people, and thanx for starting to read,... Just keep on reading.... He, he,... Well, when it came to doing this review at first I thought 'no, I just can't do it,... I've picked my best Bands and Albums with alot of pain,... Now you want the Songs, well, I'll try to pick the best of the best but I'm not making no promises. Its going to be tuff! I have tried to pick the songs that, not only I LOVE, but the songs that show DIVERSATY and are seperate from my other Album and Band choices. I also hope that my choices show my Personality and Individuality. I apologias now to those who have absolutely no idea about the songs or bands I'm going on about,... I promise, you'll have heard of, at least, one or two of these songs. So, lets go!!! I'm starting at no. 10 #####10##### Babylon Zoo - SpaceMan Yes, that...

Tonster 11.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Top 10 Songs of All Time

Songs in A +

Advantages: A great album packed full of memorable tracks.
Disadvantages: No lyrics included in booklet! a few forgettable tracks.

...Review of Alicia Keys 'Songs in A minor' 2002 album -Including a Remixed & Unplugged Limited Edition Bonus Disc. I have Alicia Keys first and second albums, I have loved her music from when I first heard it-something that was both cool and contemporary fusing her love for classical and old-school music with fresh sounding RnB. Her young and confident style is also appealing, together with her interest in and work for World charities. Although this album is 7 years old, I still listen to it lots today, sounding as fresh and unique as ever. I hope to buy her latest album 'As I am' too. I have been impressed by the artists' talent of playing her own instruments including the piano, and writing and producing her own songs-great! Her sound to this particular album I would describe as very romantic with some great funky tunes and lovely...

ChocolateChip 31.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Songs In A Minor (& Ltd. Edition Remixed/Unplugged Disc) - Alicia Keys

Silent Songs

Advantages: a good read
Disadvantages: a flaw in the story

...I found this book in the English corner of a German bookshop, its cover and the synopsis on the back appealed to me, so I ordered it from amazon. The parcel contained four books, with which should I begin? I decided to read the first three pages of each book and then decide, 'The Song Reader' was the second I opened, I stayed with it and didn't give the other two books a chance. That was about three months ago, for this review I wanted to check something and you know what? I read the whole book again! I've never done this before, I do read books again but not after such a short time. So much for the readability, five stars, no doubt. What is so readable? The plot in a nutshell: A young woman has a special gift, she helps people in trouble to cope with their lives by making them remember the lyrics or only some words of songs they can...

MALU 12.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Song Reader - Lisa Tucker

Songs For Living

Advantages: Some wonderful music
Disadvantages: You may of course not like it

...Yes folks ? after a six-week break from writing on Ciao, I?m back! I?m sorry I haven?t been around much lately, but other commitments (read: coursework) have sadly intruded heavily upon my Ciao time! One of the things I enjoy doing when I?m not wrestling with school work, is listening to music. Music plays a large part in my life, for I spend a significant portion of every day listening to it! I?m actually a very unmusical person; I never learned to play an instrument and my singing skills put Holly Valance to shame! With these two qualities I could almost certainly be a big star, but right now I?m happy laying on my bed listening to my music! I?ve listened to a lot of music over the years, and seem to have developed an almost encyclopaedic memory for song lyrics. This made it very difficult for me to choose my top ten songs of all...

mattwood 26.10.2003 · Read review
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