NOW That's What I Call Music 29

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2008 release, the latest in this long-running series of Pop compilations. This is the most up-to-date compilation on the market, containing the absolute hottest songs on the planet including certified hits, songs currently scaling the charts and sizzling radio smashes. This, the 29th installment in the series, features 20 tracks including cuts from Pink, T.I., Lil' Wayne, Leona Lewis, Kardinal Offishall, Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls and many others. Why listen to yesterday's songs when you can live in the here and NOW?!?!.

Comment by McBowlerpimp

I love every edition of the now series because, shucks, I just loves me some pop music. I love the songwriting by other people, the beats instead of people playing instruments and the fact that every song out now has to feature someone else. Originality? Who needs it, these tracks are just straight money. This compilation features several of my personal faves. I'll break a couple of them down:

Pussycat Dolls- Anything by PCD is just money in the bank. If you want danceable tracks about deep things like being hot, this is your group. The songwriting is off the charts awesome. If they all weighed 250 lbs and were unattractive, they would totally still be popular because they are very deep. It's like five of Joni Mitchell

Lil Wayne- I can count the number of CDs this guy is NOT on using my toes. If you tried to collect every CD he was on, you'd have roughly 3,423 cds. This cat is deep and has himself together. When my daughters get older, I hope this is the kind of guy they bring home.

Young Jeezy- Or as I call him "silky smooth". This guy has a voice that leads to sweet love on my corduroy couch with a ladyfriend. He is like Barry White, but instead of smooth soul joints, he rolls out really slow raps and grunts. He's now at the tippy according to the cell phone commercial

Pink- Yes, every song by her sounds pretty much the same, but you know what? Sausage pizza rolls have tasted the same for years and I still love them. Oh boy, give me some pizza rolls and a cool miller lite and it's on like pole position at skateland in 85. I don't even pay attention to what Pink says anymore, I just know she's awesome. She has tatoos and an attitude, what a total rebel!!

Asschowder- They aren't on this CD, but I figured they'll be on NOW 30, so I'd tell you about them. Their song "Yard O' Junk" is tearing up the charts in my town right now. Burns plays keyboards better than Depeche Mode, New Order and A-Ha combined. Their songs are filled with angst, but sensitive enough to make you cry about your breakfast. Let them in your world and your world will be a better place.

Daughtry- I had never heard of this guy until this album. He needs more exposure because he's really awesome.

Average asked this CD if it wanted to coupleskate and the CD gave it a crane kick to the head.

Here are the chart positions of each track on the Billboard Hot 100:

So What-#1
Hot N Cold-#3(this week)
When I Grow Up-#9
Disturbia-#1
Closer-#7
Forever-#2
Dangerous-#5
Whatever You Like-#1
Got Money-#10
Swing-#45
Put On-#12/#3 R&B
The Business-#33/#6 R&B
One Step At A Time-#17
Better In Time-#11
Thunder-#76
Addicted-#20 (this week)
What About Now-#18
Come On Get Higher-#64
Don't Think I Don't Think About It-#35/#1 Country
I Still Miss You-#48/#2 Country

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And Winter Came

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Twenty years after her landmark Watermark album, Enya's seventh studio disc, And Winter Came continues a phenomenally successful career that has included more than 70 million albums sold worldwide. And Winter Came is an enchanting evocation of the changing landscape of winter as well as the festive cheer of the holidays. One of the most successful female artists of all-time, and second only to U2 as the biggest selling Irish artist in history, Enya brings her beguiling and ethereal music to bear on the darkest and yet most hopeful season with And Winter Came.

Customer Reviews

First of all, let me say that I typically do not enjoy contemporary "Christmas" or "Winter" albums on the whole because I often find that the take on many of the classic carols and hymns are poorly arranged and sung. Also, if there ARE new Christmas songs by the artist, they come of sounding contrived. I am a huge Enya fan, so I am biased, but I genuinely found AWC to be probably the best Winter/Christmas-themed album I've heard. To start off with, there are only two traditional hymns--Oiche Chuin (an Irish version of SILENT NIGHT) and O COME O COME EMMANUEL (an older hymn based on Gregorian chant). Both are performed by Enya with exceptional beauty and skill on this album. Although Enya did perform Oiche Chuin years ago, this new version is is a harmony-based version instead of the single vocal line version of the past and (IMO) is better.

Many of the original compositions are heavenly. LAST TIME BY MOONLIGHT is a spectacular piece both melodically and lyrically. ONE TOY SOLDIER is very sweet and child-like (again, the harmonies are amazing). One of the big surprises is MY! MY! TIME FLIES, which is a 70's-inspired pop song with clever lyrics and a ripping electric/blues guitar solo. I really love JOURNEY OF THE ANGELS as well (it has a bit of the Lord of the Rings theme, Aniron).

There are various reasons to criticize Enya (my biggest criticism has mostly to do with the use of the same instrumentation over and over), but she consistently writes incredibly melodies and her voice is always a pleasure to hear. This album is as good as any of her last 3 albums, and I think most people will love the feeling it creates at Christmas time...the feeling of peace, happiness (and maybe a bit of reminiscence and melancholy).

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My Love-Ultimate Essential Collection

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Two CD set. 2 CD set with 26 songs includes all 17 songs from single disc. Not on original 'All The Way...:', '(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman', 'The Prayer', (duet with Andrea Bocelli), 'Tell Him' (duet with Barbra Streisand), 'I Knew I Loved You', 'Dance With My Father', 'Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore(taken from D'eux, the biggest selling non-English album in history).

Review by Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)

Honestly, with so many wannabe divas really feeling more like they are just about the looks on the outside, and just the gab alone, whether it is Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez or the overexposed Rihanna, it is just so sad that the simplicity of the songs alone, just doesn't do enough to click with the listeners. That is sad, especially when you listen to older divas like Whitney Houston or Madonna, who haven't really clicked with the new generation, but deliver strong with the classics. That also is said for Celine Dion, whom for the past several years delivered well from a hugely successful Las Vegas headliner for the past couple of years, but hasn't made a stride with record sales. Well, now that is about to change, with a new reflection of her smash era of songs.

The 2008 My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection, does a much better job at reflecting on Celine's 20 year career of her big hits, where the single disc edition sadly crashed and burned with die hard fans. The double album edition is great for newcomers who haven't yet heard her heart go on, or the simplicity of her voice, this is so far the most definitive of her greatest hits. The songs here have all been remastered very well, and mostly doesn't dissapoint. The extended edition delivers with her biggest hits including her standards My Heart Will Go On from Titanic, the elequent Beauty & The Beast with soulful singer Peabo Bryson, to her recent hits Taking Chances, and her cover of Cyndi Lauper's I Drove All Night. The album also brings in the big can't miss moments that appeal well that were also overshadowed from her 1999 All The Way: A Decade Of Song collection, including her duet Tell Him with the legendary songstress Barbara Streisand, To Love You More, and her surprising cover of the late Luther Vandross ballad Dance With My Father. There are also a few new tracks here including the title track, My Love and I Knew I Loved You. But just like the single disc, Essential Collection, there are a few of her big songs that were overlooked (but thankfully not as many as the single disc smaller version.) The album does overlook a few of her standards including Have You Ever Been In Love?, her recent cover of Heart's Alone, When I Fall In Love from Sleepless In Seattle, Misled from The Colour Of Love album.

Nevertheless, My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection does honestly deliver, as a much better greatest hits collection that die hard Celine Dion fans had honestly wished for, and welcomes her stanadrds well to that new era that missed out on the elequent beauty of her voice. I absolutely recommend this double album, as a great addition to your MP3 Library or to your record collection. If there is a collection that you can still say your heart will go on to, this one is almost as close to definitive from Celine Dion you can get as possible.

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year Premiere Edition [CD+DVD] [ENHANCED] [SOUNDTRACK] [SPECIAL EDITION]

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Disney's High School Musical phenomenon leaps onto the silver screen in HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR! In which America's favorite high school students hit senior year. Amidst a basketball championship, prom and a big spring musical featuring all of the Wildcats, Troy and Gabriella vow to make every moment last as their lifelong college dreams put the future of their relationship in question.
For the first time, two versions of the soundtrack will be available on street date. Featuring more songs than ever before, the HSM3:SENIOR YEAR includes all-new songs by the original songwriters and performances by the original cast, including Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and more!

The LIMITED EDITION, PREMIERE EDITION is a 2 Disc Set that includes the original Soundtrack, plus a DVD of behind the scenes footage, the movie trailer, music video, 3 ringtones, a voicetone, mobile game and mobile wallpaper PLUS digital downloadables.

Review

After the tremendous success of the first two High School Musicals, it was inevitable that a third one would come along as well. Making its debut in theaters, High School Musical 3: Senior Year is grander than ever, and it shows not only on the big screen but on the soundtrack as well.

Each song represents some of the typical events that would occur during a high school senior's year: a championship basketball game (Now or Never), prom (A Night to Remember), budding romances (Right Here, Right Now; Just Wanna Be With You), student musicals (Senior Year Spring Musical Medley), and finally, graduation (We're All in This Together). It's a timeline of how most seniors spend their last year in high school. It will probably bring back memories for parents and show children what to look forward to as they get older.

The songs this time around all sound ready for the big screen, and you can really tell by some of the orchestrations. Yes, it is meant to be pop music for pre-teens but if you listen you can hear the amount of thought put into some of the songs (pay attention to the violin arrangement during Can I Have This Dance). Of course they are still all fun and done in typical HSM fashion. While it isn't necessarily a bad thing, it does tend to get old. I feel like producers flaked out on two important songs: the Senior Year Spring Musical Medley is simply a reprise of songs earlier in the movie, and they definitely could have written a song for graduation, instead of simply re-doing a song from the first movie. But hey, I guess if it ain't broke...

The last song, conveniently titled High School Musical, might be the best song from any of the three movies, and is a fitting end to a great CD and a wonderful franchise. With the current cast, anyway. Enjoy!

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