Senor [Import]

Track Listings

1. Oye Mi Guapacha

2. Tom & Jerry

3. Nada Mas

4. Jovenes & Viejos

5. Ley Del Guaguanco

6. Cha Cha Chando

7. Ya Lo Vi

8. Asi Na Ma

9. A Los Muchachos De Belen

10. Ritmo & Melodia

11. Suena Tu Bongo

12. Yamboro

Senor,Tito Rodriguez,Fania,Latin

Senor [Import]

Senor [Import]

Switzerland
Average customer rating:

Just Okay

Buy this and all their other albums ASAP.

Weakest so far but still awesome!

Absolute magic!

awesome as usual!

Switzerland
Electric Six
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H7JABG
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

The Band In Hell
I Buy The Drugs
Mr. Woman
Night Vision
Infected Girls
Pulling The Plug On The Party
Rubber Rocket
Pink Flamingos
I Wish This Song Was Louder
Slices Of You
There's Something Very Wrong With Us, So Let's Go Out Tonight
Germans In Mexico
Chocolate Pope

Album Description

Detroit's Electric Six offer up thirteen songs of all styles, sounds, genres, and themes. From the bouncy "I Buy The Drugs" to the Def Leppard/Journey-esque "Night Vision" to the super-smooth "Infected Girls", old school E6 mavens will find just the right amount of puerile yet groovy concoctions that make them want to become one with their aggression. It's a feel-good, drive-around-in-your-car-with-the-top-down summer staple.

Customer Reviews:

Just Okay.......2007-03-12

This band had a really strong debut album ("Fire") but has been running out of gas ever since. "Senor Smoke" was mostly forgettable, and their latest offering, "Switzerland," is slightly better than its predecessor but still suffers from sounding too much like one long in-joke.

It seems that the Electric Six is doomed to have all their albums compared against their first one, but I guess that's the price of proving how good you can be from the outset, and then failing to deliver the same standard after that. Admittedly, "Fire" was kind of a long in-joke too, but they balanced out the silliness with such infectious metal/pop that it worked some kind of magic on the listener and compelled you to dance. The later discs are much more pop-oriented, and without that metal edge they're starting to sound more and more like Weird Al Yankovic. That's not a good thing.

Step it up, boys. We know you can sound more dangerous than this.

Buy this and all their other albums ASAP........2007-01-03

These guys are still flying under rock n' roll's mainstream radar, but I'm not sure for how much longer, so get on board and support Electric Six.

Buy their 1st and 2nd albums as well, "Fire" and "Senior Smoke", both as good if not slightly better than "Switzerland".

Weakest so far but still awesome!.......2006-11-30

I looove Electric Six. I saw them at the Key Club in LA in March and Dick Valentine looked totally plastered. He was hilarious. Did push-ups and sit-ups on stage. There was so much energy though it didnt matter that he kinda sucked singing on Dance Commander. That's the power of Dick. But on to the review: I can't decide whether Fire or Senor Smoke is my fave, but I know that Switzerland isn't. I like it, it's still a great album but it lacks something the first two had. Maybe E6 decided they wanted a larger fanbase and tried to change their sound to get new fans. Lyrically it's just as brilliant as the others: Sarcastic, tounge-in-cheek sexy, sometimes even politcally poignant, and way funny. Musically, while often catchy, just wasn't as up to par as usual. There are some greats here though, like I Buy The Drugs, Mr. Woman, Infected Girls, Pulling The Plug On The Party and There's Something Very Wrong With Us... and the short Chocolate Pope is classic. Overall they just don't rock as hard this time around. That's okay though, I'm still in love with them.

Absolute magic!.......2006-10-15

Ah, Electric Six. Their energy, their humour, their originality. I love this band so much. 'Fire' was just such a disco-rock-metal-whatever blast, with plenty of songs that weren't trying to tell us anything other than, to quote from 'Spinal Tap,' "have a good time all the time." The follow-up, 'Senor Smoke,' was still a great album, but a little more serious in tone than 'Fire.' And that wasn't a bad thing, mind you. Dick Valentine is so magnetic that you can't help but listen to him. Whether he's belting out lyrics that make no sense, or telling us his views on politics and the US government either on the surface or subliminally. And even when he is standing on his soap box he still does it with humour and style. 'Jimmy Carter' is a perfect example of that.

In my opinion 'Switzerland' is a bridge between the two predecessors. It shares both the funky rock of the first, with a touch of the second album's poignancy. I'll admit, it took me a couple of listens to get right into it. Upon my first listen I couldn't help but think it wasn't as good as 'Fire,' but that's just because I'm a little biased towards that album. But now I cannot stop listening to it over and over. It's got me hooked, and I would put it on par with 'Fire' as their best album so far. Even the bonus track that we got as an Australian/NZ exclusive is pretty good, and I usually don't care much for remixes of songs. And I just love that they're going to release a video for every song on 'Switzerland' - no matter how cheap and crappy they may be.

Electric Six have still got it. Something I can't say for too many other bands on their third outing!

awesome as usual!.......2006-10-15

This is one of the best bands out there. I am surprised they are not more popular. This CD is great. Some of the songs have that 1980's feel to them like Night Vision and Slices of You. I love E-6 and you should buy all their cd's. Well worth it!

Average customer rating:

Some great bluezee tones
What's not to love?
don't believe the hype
missing the point
Disappointing, 2 and a half stars maybe....

Senor Blues
Taj Mahal
Manufacturer: RCA Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000000MF
Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

Queen Bee
Think
Irresistable You
Having A Real Bad Day
Senor Blues
Sophisticated Mama
Oh Lord, Things Are Getting Crazy Up In Here
I Miss You Baby
You Rascal You
Mind Your Business
21st Century Gypsy Singin' Lover Man
At Last (I Found A Love)
Mr. Pitiful

Customer Reviews:

Some great bluezee tones.......2007-03-27

A very digestable cd, goes down smooth and free of bones. Not very heavy, but easy to turn up loud and proud. Toe tappin and head swingin kind of music. A great cd to have in the car, even the kids dig it. (we do have pretty cool kids :)

What's not to love?.......2006-05-04

This has to be one of my favorite Taj's records. Great yet earthy production, soulful delivery, and cool arrangements!
What more could you want?

don't believe the hype.......2006-04-09

Can't see what all the fuss is about, not his best but a nice , breezy, summertime album let down by some pedestrian lyrics and same old same old songs- some people are just easy to please , me i think it contains maybe two really good songs. It made me laugh the other reviewers comments that this is "up there with'" kind of blue, love supreme , Robert johnson ... it's not even on the same playing field as those classics.
It's nice and fun but don't expect too much and don't believe the hype - if you are new to taj the first 3 albums he did are the ones to get , for something similar but better try 'sacred island' and 'mo' roots'

missing the point.......2004-11-14

Taj IS spoofing (or maybe better said "tributing") the man who DID the tune Mr. Pitiful - and it ain't James Brown. It is Otis Redding. I can see where some could prefer other Taj; but if you don't like him all that much anyway (or love him...) and you don't get the allusions to other artists (let alone know who they are...)...well,,,hence the Review Title.

Disappointing, 2 and a half stars maybe...........2004-10-10

I usually like Taj, his open and eclectic and playful, rootsy approach, although I'm not a huge fan as some of the other reviewers seem to be. I like his 1999 collaboration, KULANJAN, with the great Malian Kora player Toumani Diabate, and 1998's playful, easy going SACRED ISLAND, with the Hula Blues Band ALOT more. I also think his 1993 hit DANCING THE BLUES is more listenable - consistent and expressive - than this 1997 recording (but similar to this one as a mix of rock/R&B/delta blues stylings). On this Grammy winning (go figure...!) recording he sings well and plays some nice licks as well as having some tasty horn and keyboard accompaniment, but it left me disappointed. Of the 13 tracks I only like 3, "Queen Bee" (prefer the version on KULANJAN tho'), "Having A Real Bad Day", and "Mind Your Own Business", some of the others are okay in a mediocre way but a couple were less desirable ("Think" and "Irresistable").

Overall the songs and production sounded insincere and disjointed (often only saved by the horns and fine keyboard). I would not call this blues, more like early R&B or pop rock, and I thought it sounded too much like pale versions of James Brown (on "At Last" & "Mr Pitiful"), Van Morrison (on "Senor Blues" & "You Rascal You"), Dr. John (on "Having a Real Bad Day" & "Sophisticated Mama), The Neville Brothers (on "21st Century Gypsy..."), and even was reminded of Carole King's pop hit "The Locomotion" (on "At Last")! Not what I'd expect from this talented musicologist.

I guess I'm left with the impression of too much variety without any real depth or verve. Like they were trying just too hard to pull it together.

Average customer rating:

Not their best but good.
THE CHILD DEVIANT
....TURN THIS ONE UP TO ELEVEN
Nowhere near as good as Fire!
Danger! Low Voltage!

Señor Smoke
Electric Six
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000E11590
Release Date: 2006-02-07

Tracks:

Rock And Roll Evacuation
Devil Nights
Bite Me
Jimmy Carter
(Pleasing Interlude I)
Dance Epidemic
Future Boys
Dance-A-Thon 2005
Be My Dark Angel
Vibrator
Boy Or Girl?
(Pleasing Interlude II)
Radio Ga Ga
Taxi To Nowhere
The Future Is In The Future

Amazon.com

There are times when descriptive adjectives such as "dumb" are not meant in the least bit as negatives. In pop music, these tend to be some of the best times you can have, of course: big, dumb, fun times. Throwing garage rock, metal, and new wave riffs together with disco beats and ironic lyrics, the Detroit-based Electric 6 made a pretty big splash with incredibly stupid and fun songs such as "Gay Bar" and "Danger! High Voltage." Nothing on here quite hits with the force of those hits, and the cover of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" is so obvious it misses the mark entirely. But by no means have this act gotten serious or boring: like Urge Overkill before them, E6 know incredibly well how to have rock & roll fun with tongue planted firmly in cheek. If you do as well, you could do far worse than Señor Smoke. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Detroit's Electric Six quickly made a name for themselves in the UK and US with hit singles "Gay Bar" and "Danger! High Voltage". "Senor Smoke" was released in the UK in early 2005 to much acclaim. Metropolis, interested in broadening the scope of music they released, signed the band and is proud to now bring them back to their native soil. "Senor Smoke" blends a mixture of disco, garage, punk, and indie rock with clever (but sincere) tongue in cheek one liners. Electric Six will change the way you perceive rock in 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Not their best but good........2007-07-21

I like Senor Smoke, though it isn't my favorite of Electric Six's recordings. However, it still has that funk/rock thing going and the twisted lyrics that drew me to the band from the beginning, so I'm glad I added it to the collection.

THE CHILD DEVIANT.......2006-12-04

This is my first Electric Six album, and I must say....I Love the hell out of it!!!! How to describe the style of music...err, ...umm....I guess it's kinda disco-metal, or something wiered like that. It's truly a hilarious album that makes you giggle your a** off, and yet, it's not cheesey or un-talented. The music is actually verry good. All in all....Wow! What a fun record!

....TURN THIS ONE UP TO ELEVEN.......2006-09-09

I bought Fire about a year ago and played the s!*t out it!. Amazing feaux-dace/rock/a little metal. Q: What was it? A: Awesome.

I saw them live in Chicago. They played a small venue and melted my face off. Very Fun!

Bought Senor Smoke, got it home any ran through it a couple of times. My initial review would be not as consistent as Fire, but the highs are higher. That highest point would be "Be My Dark Angel". While a little clumsy ("I was walkin' down the street, you were walking down the street, so I had to cross the street to get to your side of the street") has a great "build-up" intro and crushing guitar chord that would make Aldo Nova or Bon Jovi say "Why didn't I think of that?". It crescendos nicely into a bouncy, bititng chorus.

The album also opens with the anthemic Rock and Roll Evacuation that has a fist pumping chorus. Dance Epidemic rocks with a more.....well...dance/disco sound.

Bite Me and Vibrator are twisted, funny, uncomfortable and rockin' all at the same time somehow.

I'm a little dismayed by the more socially reflective tracks, Jimmy Carter, Future Boys, Taxi to Nowhere. They sound outdated, but have some melodic hooks as a saving grace. I do occasionally find myself skipping them to get to the meaty stuff on the CD.

This collection of songs come off a little disjointed on the same album, but that actually detracts very little from the fact that this album has some amazing, silly, wild stuff on it. It's a very fun album.

My advice would be to buy Fire and then Senor Smoke. Put them on the good stereo in the den and tell the wife and kids to "go outside, daddy's gonna' rock now." I pre-ordered Switzerland, their forthcoming album and have high hopes and new speakers. Can't wait.

Best small venue show I ever saw, too. Check and see if there coming to your town and get a ticket to see Dick Valentine and the wild ride that is E6.

Nowhere near as good as Fire!.......2006-06-06

Senor Smoke lacks the consistency of their debut Fire. Every track on Fire was classic but this album has hits and misses. The highlights are Dance Epidemic, Rock And Roll Evacuation and Be My Dark Angel, in that order. I don't know why Radio Ga Ga was released. This is one of the weakest tracks on the album. No question Dance Epidemic should have been the first single. It has the fun, edgy, decadent disco-rock energy that characterised Fire. What's with the Pleasing Interludes? Pointless and not even funny "she don't like it too hot, she don't like it too cold, rooooom temparature....roooom temperature...". They've truly lost their way. Taxi to nowhere is utter bollocks. Rock and Roll Evacuation is a very catchy song about "evil boys eating evil hamburgers...", it tries to pack the word evil (pronounced "ee-ville" as opposed to the Aussie pronunciation "e-vl") as many times as possible. Be My Dark Angel has a wierd riff that sticks in your head and lead singer Dick Valentine does what he does best- singing in his sexy, over-the-top, decadent, immoral way. That's it folks. Check my review for Fire and why it's a much superior album.

Danger! Low Voltage!.......2006-03-13

When Danger! High Voltage began seeping into the public consciousness in early 2003, many wondered a) who the hell was behind this catchy and gimmicky tune and b) how much of their 15 minutes was left on the clock. Defying the well-trod path of one hit wonder luminaries such as Sir Mixalot, Afroman and Grandmaster Chicken & DJ Duck, Electric Six proceeded to preposterously deliver one of the albums of 2003 when Fire dropped mid-year. Deftly managing to sing even with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, Dick Valentine and his roster of musicians not only delivered fun music in Gay Bar, Synthesizer and Dance Commander, they also left a legacy of excellent video clips in their wake. Continuing the tradition of deranged and hilarious promos, Senor Smoke's initial single Radio Ga Ga has already appalled Queen fans with its depiction of Dick Valentine waltzing over Freddy Mercury's grave. While Senor Smoke has much to live up to after its predecessor cleverly dodged the critical bullets, there's still some classic Electric Six moments here for those in on the joke. Absurdist lyrics are again in glut supply, with Rock And Roll Evacuation (`Mr President, I don't like you - you don't know how to rock!'), Boy Or Girl? (`Now you see the unavoidable is hard to avoid') and Jimmy Carter (`You're a celebrity that drives off a bridge in a car - your beautiful body filling up with water') offering some of the more head-spinning moments. Beat poetry, Backstreet Boys lyrics and startlingly political attacks may make for strange bedfellows, but Senor Smoke for the most part works well. While they have so far eluded the piss poor status of the laughable Sir Mixalot, it will be the third Electric Six album that will prove whether Dick Valentine and his cronies are the canny musicians they would appear to be. For now, it seems that their raging Fire has been reduced to Smoke.

Average customer rating:

Schizophrenic jamband fare
...A Step Back
Bisco
Next Please
Good stuff, all around

Senor Boombox
Disco Biscuits
Manufacturer: Megaforce
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006J3TN
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

Hope
Float Like A Butterfly
In The Sky
Floodlights
Jigsaw Earth
Sugarcane
Sound one
The Tunnel
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Floes
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Hope II
Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

Schizophrenic jamband fare.......2003-05-21

The songs on this album individually have some pretty good moments, at least in terms of structure. For example, the "chase" sequence in Jigsaw Earth is a fantastic, fun composition, and the calypso feel of the song is captured excellently in the studio. Additionally, Floes features some pretty good guitarwork by Jon Gutwillig. Sound One, while the vocals are a little weird, is an excellently composed song with a fairly strange rhythm to it and playful lyrics (though I won't tell you what they mean). And lastly, Float Like a Butterfly is an interesting dance-party piece -- though it could've been spiced up a bit, the female vocals add to the style of the song tremendously.

However, there is absolutely no flow to the album. The tracks bounce from style to style in a very choppy manner. There's Hope's fairly standard jamrock sound then FLAB's techno, then some Beastie-esque Floodlights, back to calypso, then prog-rock, then more traditional fare...it's just too much to take. It seems like the Biscuits wanted everyone to like their latest album, and it just falls apart because of this lack of cohesiveness.

...A Step Back.......2002-11-03

They Missed the Perfume was a huge album; while it used a lot of sounds and ideas that have been floating around for a very long time, it kind of turned the whole electronica movement on its ... for me. A lot of electronica acts take themselves far too seriously, and the Biscuits with TMTP managed to sound cool while maintaining a sense of humor about the whole thing. Spacebirdmatingcall is somewhere between an awesome groove song and Nintendo music (Super Nintendo - Pilotwings - Light Plane). Anyway, the album was a bit of a departure: Altman didn't play a single real drum and Magner went ballistic on the overdubs. I really saw TMTP as a blueprint for where the band was going with their live act (...and the shows I went to at that time seemed to confirm that belief) and with further studio releases. So I waited for Señor Boombox with eager anticipation.

...And it sounds like they're going back in a phishy direction. Granted, Boombox is comprised of songs essential to their awesome stage show, but it doesn't take any of those songs into the sonic territory they explore on stage. And without that, there isn't much left - none of them can really sing and there isn't really an effective melody to be found on this album. Most of Barber's melodies move parallel to whatever chord progression he's written. And I repeat, none of them can really sing. You forgive all this in their live show because they freak out electronica style, and there's a great lightshow, and you've smoked a bunch of weed and you're jumping around like a fool... I digress. The point is, this album has neither the strength of composition, the groove, or the flow of their previous album, but maybe that's an impossibility, because I really think that They Missed the Perfume is one of the finest and *coolest* albums ever made. It came out of nowhere and surprised me big time, and has put a smile on the face of every person I've ever played it for, sober or stoned silly playing Rainbow Road in Super Mario Kart. Perhaps they just can't live up to themselves, because so far I'm not enjoying Señor Boombox that much in either mindframe.

Bisco.......2002-10-30

The new bisco cd senor boombox is great cd. Floodlights is an amazing song in this cd. Jigsaw earth has its reggae roots and it sounds great. Me being a long time bisco fan and attending many of thier shows know that no studio recording will ever match there live stuff, but this cd has really good quailty. there are some awsome beats coming from Sam with his e-drum. there are guest drummers which combine to create great jams. overall the best song on this album was floodlights. it was full and loud with awsome vocal changing.

Next Please.......2002-10-30

This album is not good...too much techno...cannot compare to Uncivilized area

Good stuff, all around.......2002-10-12

In my eyes The Disco Biscuits stand out as a fiercely talented oasis of originality in a genre where innovation is too often second-string to derivation. Technically, not only does each member stand out as a unique and exemplary player of his respective instrument but together they form one of the tightest and most tuned-in ensembles in the jam band scene (or any scene, for that matter), to boot. They can play off each other like nobody's business, and they do - at great length, to great musical success. What's more, they know the things that make a song work on a record as well as it does when they play it live (though obviously, a live show wins out to recorded music any day of the week), which is something that I wish more groups of their ilk could claim.

That being said, their latest offering is a testament to the ingenuity, creative potential and genuine musical diversity that the guys in the band seem to exude. The record is a study in juxtaposition: the first track, Hope, hovers somewhere between a melodic, soft-spoken ode and a crunchy pop tune (staying genuinely Bisco the whole time) and then gives way to Float Like a Butterfly, which is techno so genuine I can taste the X. Floodlights churns out an ominously heavy groove and then almost awkwardly (but not at all inappropriately) cuts into the bouncing and bubbly opening melody of Jigsaw Earth, a song whose midsection makes a bizarrely in-character foray into what could pass for circus music before finally returning to its original theme.

Though each song (excluding the ambient tracks) works well enough as its own piece of music, there is a certain vague but definitely noticeable cohesiveness to the record that makes listening to it all the richer an experience.

It's a departure, of sorts, from earlier Bisco, but at the same time it remains strangely familiar and completely enjoyable. Where earlier in their career they might conceivably have been dismissed by the skeptical as just another group trying to ride the coattails of the Phish-moe.-SCI jam phenom, at this stage of the game few should question the lasting originality, inventiveness and overall musical talent of these guys. Any so-called jam band that can present an organically produced electronica/techno-infused sound to diehard jam fans without alienating them is a group that is without a doubt a winner in my book, and this recording features the boys at the tops of their games on all counts.

Granted if you're not a fan of the music, you're not gonna like it, simple as that. But if you have any appreciation for innovation and originality in today's music scene, the Disco Biscuits are most surely a band to check out, and this album would make a fine cornerstone to any burgeoning DB library. (Then again, so would any of the other albums... But still. Stop reading and just buy the disc already.)

Carmen (Sung in English)
Average customer rating:

English is an asset and a drawback

You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English

A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!

I love Carmen!

Carmen (Sung in English)
Bizet , Bardon , Gavin , Plazas , Magee , and Parry
Manufacturer: Chandos
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007JGRN
Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

Prelude
In The Plaza
Just Look At That Delicious Morsel
Here Come Our New Soldier Boys
Jose! There Was A Girl Here Looking For You Just Now
Off With You Old Soldier Boys
Corporal! Sir!
We Have Heard The Bell Summon Us To Meet Here
Ah, Just Look!
But Why Hasn't She Come, Our Carmencita?
Love's A Bird Wild As Any Rebel
Carmen! We Will Follow You High And Low!
The Cheek Of It!
Give Me News Of My Mother!
Your Dear Mother And I Were Leaving Church This Morning
I See My Mother's Face!
Wait A Moment - I'm Going To Read The Letter
Come And Help
So, Corporal: Tell Me What Happened
Well, Carmencita: What Do You Have To Say For Yourself?
Where Are You Taking Me?
There's An Old Bar In The City
Careful - It's Lieutenant!
Entr'acte
From Far Away Mysterious Sounds
Bravo, Bravo! More! Keep Dancing!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
Who's That? It's Escamillo, The Bullfighter From Granada
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
You're Most Kind
We'll Come With You, Senor Torero
Toreador, Be Ready!
At Last! We Got Rid Of Them As Quickly As We Could
There's A Little Job That We're Starting!
Being In Love Is Not A Reason

Tracks:

To Bid You Welcome To Our Bar
La La La La La La La La...
Back To Camp!... Go At Once!
That Flow'r You Threw To Me I Treasured
No, It's Not Love At All!
Hello! Carmen!
Lieutenant Fair, It's True
The Sky Above The Open Road
Entr'acte
Keep Going, Dear Old Friend, Kep Going!
Right! Let's Stop For A While
Shuffle! Cut Them!
In Vain You Would Avoid The Bitter Things They're Saying
You're Back!
As For That Man, It Should Be Easy!
Is This The Place?
I Say That There's Nothing To Fear
It's Him! I'm Sure It's Him Over There!
Escamillo Is My Name, And I Come From Granada
She Had A Lover Here
Hola! Hola! Jose!
You Should Take Care, Carmen
Alas! Jose, Your Mother Is Ill
Entr'acte
A Few Cuartos! A Few Cuartos!
Here They Come! Here They Come!
If You Love Me, Carmen
It's You! It's Me!
Viva! Viva! What A Corrida!

Customer Reviews:

English is an asset and a drawback.......2004-07-20

The best thing about this recording of Carmen is the libretto. Conductor David Parry penned this facile and dramatic English translation. He avoids the pitfalls of literal translation to achieve an idiomatic flow that matches the rhythm of the original lyrics. I use this as a reference libretto for any of the French Carmens.

Unfortunately, the performance suffers from being sung in English. The singers declaim their parts with such proper British diction that Carmen comes across as a school marm. The spoken dialog is delivered beat for deliberate beat and is dripping with reverb. It makes the plaza, tavern and mountain pass all sound like a sewer pipe.

This is a good first Carmen for someone trying to understand the work. The libretto itself is a good investment for further listening. For an enjoyable performance with an emphasis on character and action, I recommend Regina Resnik on the London Double Decker set.

You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English.......2004-02-09

What a perfect introduction to opera. This newly released recording will surely get you hooked into opera. Carmen, a French opera by Georges Bizet, is the most recognizable and most popular in the opera world. It's famous melodies- the overture, the Habanera, The Toreador Song have all been featured in everything from cellular phone ring tones to Superbowl Commercial (last year's Superbowl with The "Opera In English" label has been making Italian operas into English for a number of years now. Also on the market are Verdi's La Traviata in English (with soprano Valerie Masterson as Violetta) Handel's Julius Caesar with Janet Baker and even Wagner's epic Ring Of The Nibeling sung in English. This is a terrific recording and I highly recommend it if you want to get into opera. Listen to this version first and then try the real, original French version Bizet had written. Patricia Bardon is sensational, sexy and dramatic as Carmen.

The real strength of this version is the dynamic drama. With the advantage of being sung in English, we get better insight on characters' emotions and motives, and we understand the drama a lot better. Carmen is all about great drama. Bizet drew the plot from the French writer Prosper Merimee's dark short story. Carmen is the ultimate femme fatale- a devil-may-care, sexy Gypsy living in Spain, seduces the conservatively raised soldier Don Jose, stealing him away from his fiancee, the passive Micaela, living a life of underground smuggling and rowdy taverns. "Habanera" and "The Gypsy Song and Dance" are very expressive of Carmen's extraordinarily liberal lifestyle. Don Jose, however, has fallen deeply in love- as he shows us in his song/aria "The Flower Song". But Carmen soon becomes tired of his constancy. Don Jose wants a committed, monogamous relationship with Carmen. But Carmen will not submit to love, since she is first and foremost a carnal creature. Eventually, she falls for the handsome Toreador Escamillo. Don Jose, consumed by jealousy, stabs Carmen at a bullfight after Carmen declares her love for Escamillo and rejects Don Jose's love. Don Jose's crazed, obscessive personality shines through in the English version as well. This tragedy has been done in English before so don't think this is the first time. Back in the 50's, there was a film, starring black actors "Carmen Jones" which was treated the same way as this opera- more like an English Broadway musical and with the dubbed singing voice of Marilyn Horne as Carmen. All in all, this recording is excellent.

A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!.......2003-09-17

This recording really sells "Carmen" as a drama. Although I have two other recordings of this opera and have seen it performed several times, it never quite worked for me dramatically. But thanks to the fine performances, conducting, and translation here, I've become a "Carmen" convert. Producing a good English-language performance of a foreign opera, especially a warhorse like "Carmen," is much more difficult than it might appear. You need performers who not only can sing the parts (of course) but also can sing *English* and make it halfway intelligible and make it sound like English and make it dramatically convincing to English-speakers. The singers on this recording do an excellent job all around. Don't be put off if you don't recognize their names -- they are up to the task musically and (especially) in their acting. Admittedly, as with *all* English-language recordings, some passages are very hard to understand without reading along, but most of the time the words are clear and effective. I would recommend this recording to any opera beginner or opera lover, even those who normally turn up their noses at performances in translation.

I love Carmen!.......2003-08-15

I do. I can think of no other opera with more melodic inventiveness, and few others with so sure a dramatic pulse. Carmen is popular and it thrills me to say that it is also a very good opera - not always true of popular things.

And what of this recording? Carmen sits well in English, so it is good to hear in translation, although some of the detais in the text jar. Escamillo refers to Jose as "my dear", which sounds rather peculiar, and the guide's line to Micaela: "it's not exactly inviting, is it?" sounds distinctly Middle England rather than Rural Spain. Some of the performers, not least Carmen herself, make the words work, although there are long tracts, especially with the chorus, where the language is distinctly indistinct.

The soloists are, by and large, strong. Patricia Bardon's deep, Handel-friendly voice adapts well to Carmen and she colours the music with phenomenal detail, sounding sexy and provocative from the start with an edge of pride and anger that emerges as the show goes on. She is out of her depth above the stave, though, and some extra top notes in the second act don't show her off to her best advantage. I have previously said that Julian Gavin is poorly served by recordings, though here he sounds much more even and gives a thrilling and musical performance (but his wooden spoken lines let him down). Mary Plazas is a lovely Micaela, rich-voiced and sincere (and word-perfect), but Garry Magee sounds miscast as Escamillo, lacking the ballast at the bottom of the voice to do justice to this tricky role.

The supporting cast is good (Mary Hegarty seems to do nothing but Frasquita these days!) but the really treasurable thing is the conducting. Stepping out of Italian Ottocento, David Parry turns his hand to this French Comedie with an appropriate lightness of touch. His pacing and handling of the set pieces is exemplary and the enrtractes go with a real swing.

A pleasure, then, for the Carmen naive or a novelty for the Carmen-acquainted. I nearly wrote Carmen-weary - but I don't think it's possible.

Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music
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Pifarro's Best Album!

Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band.

Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring!

Fun music

Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music

Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
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Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century

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ASIN: B000001GYR
Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

La guerra
Calata ala spagnola
Fantasia del cuarto tono
Chacona ytaliana: 'Sencilla pastora'
Chacona: 'Un sarao de la chacona'
Espanyoleta - Gayta
Adoramoste, Senor
Si habra en este baldres?
[Untitled motet]
Crux Fidelis - Panis Angelicus - Crux fidelis
Puesque me tienes, Miguel
De la piel de sus ovejas
Parce mihi
Alli in Midbar - Canario
Sospiros, pues que descansa
Recuerde el alma dormida
Huyd, huyd, o ciegos amadores
Propinan de Meylor
Ay Jhesual frayle!
Ojos claros y serenos
Yntolerable rrayo!
Pois con tanta graca
Villano
Paradetas
Baile a finale

Customer Reviews:

Pifarro's Best Album!.......2003-07-08

Although Pifarro has released some wonderful stuff in the past couple of years, "Los Ministriles" is still, in my opinion, their best offering to date. Simply, this recording is a delight, and although I've heard it dozens of times, it always remains fresh and enjoyable upon each re-aquaintance. There is something about music from the Spanish renaissance that sets it apart from almost anything being written in Europe at the time, and Pifarro captures the fun, spontanaity and pure beauty that this music exudes from note one. Highly recommended.

Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band........2002-11-25

The full title of this album is "Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music", and it features a wide variety of genteel and folksy tunes that would have been played by multi-instrumentalist minstrels employed by the nobles and clergy of the time. Originally founded in 1980 as the Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band, Piffaro took its current name from the Italian version of "Pfeifer", or piper. And indeed, this group boasts a wide variety of wind instruments: entire families of shawms, recorders and crumhorns; along with sackbuts, a bass dulcian and various bagpipes; accompanied by Spanish essentials such as harp, vihuela, guitar and percussion. The lively and intricate syncopation of Renaissance Spanish compositions lends a distinctive character to this CD in comparison with the group's other releases, which are also very good. Try their Flemish and German recordings too--"A Flemish Feast: Flemish Renaissance Wind Music" and "Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany".

Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring!.......2000-03-20

I will admit an immediate bias for this recording, as my Renaissance Music instructor's husband is one of the players. However, leaving that fact out entirely, this disc, like all of Piffaro's recordings, is a joy. I listen to them everywhere, especially when I need to stay awake on long drives. To hear such difficult ensemble instruments as shawms, krumhorns and recorders in a resonant environment, played perfectly in tune is rare. This particular disc ranges from organ-like works for recorder consort to rousing dances like ¡Si abrá in este baldres! Unlike CDs that contain lengthy masses with no lighter interludes (although these are equally gorgeous, especially the Gabrielli Consort's Moralès Mass for the Feast of St. Isidore), Piffaro's CDs are widely varied in terms of instrumentation, style, tempo and inflection. I have played this for many people who claim to not like early music and have had much favorable response, not to mention the personal enjoyment and sheer fun!

Fun music.......1998-11-21

Much of this CD is typical Renaissance music with period instruments: a delight to listen to, but sounding a lot like other Renaissance delights. What I found really unique is that this is the first selection of Renaissance music which I'm familiar with that includes bagpipes among the instuments. Crumhorns and sackbuts are nice but familiar; the bagpipe selections blew me away.

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maravilloso album!!

Celebra Al Senor
Danilo Montero
Manufacturer: Hosanna Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DUDG
Release Date: 1996-03-19

Tracks:

Me Gusta Estar en Tu Casa
Celebrad Al Dios de Amor
Tu Nombre Levantar
Gloria y Alabanza
Salmos 119
Cristo, Tu Triunfo Celebramos
Te Alaben (Salmos 67)
Toda Mi Vida
Es Por Tu Esptu
Oh, La Sangre de Jes
Es Tierno
Nadie Como T
Canta Al Se

Customer Reviews:

maravilloso album!!.......2003-03-08

La primera vez q' escuche su voz quede fascinada, su voz inspira tanto amor hacia nuestro Dios q' aveces me hace llorar de alegria, si eres un joven cristiano como yo te recomiendo este cd.
Dios te bendiga Danilo Montero y espero q' nunca dejes de cantarle al Senor.

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Señor Happy
Señor Happy
Manufacturer: Q-Division
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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I'm Sorry

ASIN: B00000D9TR
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

Take You There
Hey, C'mon And Sin
Soon
On The Down
In A New Way
We Will Fall
Ain't That True
Breakdown
So-Called Reviews
Be Inside
Walk You Down
14 Days

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I can't stop listening
JOSE FELICANO TIENE LA ALMA DE UN SANTO
ES MARAVILLOSO
a side of Jose...
A must have for the ballroom dancer

Senor Bolero, Vol. 2
José Feliciano
Manufacturer: Universal Latino
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

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Senor Bolero
Boleros Para Siempre
A Mexico... Con Amor
La Historia de Jose Feliciano
Absolutely the Best

ASIN: B000093NSU
Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

Lo Que Yo Tune Contigo
Otra Igual Que Tu
Ropa Vieja
No Digas Nada
Y Que Creias
Sentimientos
Cuanto Rollo
Corazon De Hotel
Te Propongo Volver
Para Que Volver
Eres Para Mi
Un Ciego No Vive En La Oscuridad

Customer Reviews:

I can't stop listening.......2004-09-24

Feliciano has outdone himself on this album. Every song is a gem. While many of them are about lost love, "Eres para mi" is an anthem to love. I have listened to this over and over for the past two years since its release and each time I discover a new lyric and love it even more.
This CD is a must-have for fans of the bolero genre of music. Jose's interpretation is purely and uniquely his own. It is, without a doubt, my favorite CD in my large Latin music collection.

JOSE FELICANO TIENE LA ALMA DE UN SANTO.......2003-10-12

Este es el mejor compacto de Jose Felicano. Cada vez que yo lo escucho, me da un vuelco el corazon. Todas de las canciones son buenas...no, no buenas....MARAVILLAS!!! Las letras, los ritmos y instrumentos....AHHH...Que melodiosos!!!...A Uds. les gustara. Selo recomiendo a todos de sus amigos y miembros de su familia.

ES MARAVILLOSO.......2003-10-12

Este compacto es el mejor compacto de Jose Feliciano. Cada vez que yo lo escucho, me dio un vuelco el corazon. TODA LA MUSICA ES BUENA!!! Los ritmos y instrumentos crean un ambiente de relajacion. Les recomiendo a todos de sus amigos y miembros de su familia.

a side of Jose..........2003-06-03

For who find a latin-romantic CD I must say this is a five-star hit. Jose voice and arrangements sounds greats like no much artists can do in this field. But for who is a long time fan of an international and unique world artist like Jose Felciiano, some sides of creativity, music and many type of styles, some guitar solos, instrumentals and his incredible side of personal soul personality of pasts internationals albums like Fireworks ('70), Sweet Soul Music ('76), Memphis Menu ('72), And The Feelings Good('74) Felciiano 10 to 23 ('69) or Romance In The Night ('83), is a little bit miss for give more space to a more conventional romance latin pop music. Hoping he can make again those gems, this is anyway a nice Cd.

A must have for the ballroom dancer.......2003-05-29

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