It Takes Two

Track Listings

1. It Takes Two

2. Joy and Pain

3. Don't Sleep on It

4. Check This Out

5. Crush

6. Get on the Dance Floor

7. Times Are Gettin' Ill

8. Keep It Going Now

9. Make It Hot

10. Creativity

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Energetic
the sexiest muzik ever!
One of the best Old School Albums ever!
Best Rap Cd next to the Chronic by dre
This is the best from the old school- ever!

It Takes Two
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Manufacturer: Profile
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

It Takes Two
Joy And Pain
Don't Sleep On It
Check This Out
Crush
Get On The Dance Floor
Times Are Gettin' Ill
Keep It Going Now
Make It Hot
Creativity

Customer Reviews:

Energetic.......2006-08-11

When I used to Break this was a high influence on what I would hit the ground for. Very energetic music that helps keep the spirit of HIP HOP alive. I could listen to this everyday and it still wouldn't get old.

the sexiest muzik ever!.......2005-04-22

yo yo! this disc makes me want to dance so much my pelvis hurts!

One of the best Old School Albums ever!.......1999-08-03

This features one of the three kings of old school rap Rob Base and his awesome partner who is known as DJ E-Z Rock. This album features two of the most popular songs in the eighties "It Takes Two" and "Joy and Pain". The other two kings of old school rap are Tone Loc and his awesome album "Loc-ed After Dark" and Maestro Fresh-Wes with his bass pumping ablbum "Symphony in Effect". This album is an absolute must, if you are a old school rap enthusiast!

Best Rap Cd next to the Chronic by dre.......1999-07-12

there isn't one bad song or average song on the album, all 10 songs are classics.

This is the best from the old school- ever!.......1999-06-13

This cd starts with the two greatest songs by the two. How can one compare? It rocks!

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It Takes Two: Classic Duets
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Time Life Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MTDREK
Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

(I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Jennifer Warnes
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - George Michael
The Next Time I Fall - Peter Cetera
At The Beginning - Donna Lewis
Separate Lives - Phil Collins
Can't We Try - Dan Hill
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker
We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers
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Don't Know Much - Aaron Neville
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I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher

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Energetic
the sexiest muzik ever!
One of the best Old School Albums ever!
Best Rap Cd next to the Chronic by dre
This is the best from the old school- ever!

It Takes Two
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Manufacturer: Bmg Special Product
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ASIN: B00005YKD8
Release Date: 2002-01-15

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It Takes Two
Joy And Pain
Don't Sleep On It
Check This Out
Crush
Get On The Dance Floor
Times Are Gettin' Ill
Keep It Going Now
Make It Hot
Creativity

Customer Reviews:

Energetic.......2006-08-11

the sexiest muzik ever!.......2005-04-22

yo yo! this disc makes me want to dance so much my pelvis hurts!

One of the best Old School Albums ever!.......1999-08-03

Best Rap Cd next to the Chronic by dre.......1999-07-12

there isn't one bad song or average song on the album, all 10 songs are classics.

This is the best from the old school- ever!.......1999-06-13

This cd starts with the two greatest songs by the two. How can one compare? It rocks!

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abercrombie yahoo and yumyum (FJB/O!-music 2006)

It Takes Two!
Kenny Wheeler
Manufacturer: Sunny Side
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FQJPMS
Release Date: 2006-06-27

Tracks:

My New Hat
It Takes Two!
Comba No.3
Fanfare
Love Theme From 'Spartacus'
fter All
Improvisation No.1
The Jig Saw
Canter No.4
One Of Many
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Never Always

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Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and guitarist John Abercrombie are wonderfully well-matched. They're both exceptionally lyrical players who have been heard in both free jazz and classically tinged contexts. They know the value of compactness and, as demonstrated here in their chamber-style interactions with second guitarist John Parricelli and Swedish bassist Anders Jormin, don't lose intensity when they play quietly. It Takes Two! may be one of Wheeler's most understated recordings, but with its Miles Davish overtones, improvisatory spirit and romantic thrust, it's also one of his most forceful. The one non-original song, "Love Theme From Spartacus," is a fine addition to the CamJazz label's ongoing sampling of movie music. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

abercrombie yahoo and yumyum (FJB/O!-music 2006).......2006-11-26

This quartet joins the melancholy romanticism of Kenny Wheeler to two guitars (American John Abercrombie and Englishman John Parricelli) and double bass (Swede Anders Jormin). All the songs are Wheeler's save for the theme from Spartacus, so it doesn't come as a surprise that nothing accelerates much beyond a light mid-tempo swing or a wryly balletic tango. Wheeler's tunes fascinate jazz improvisers because his harmonic palette is challengingly distinctive, while never intruding on the music's deceptive, softly-humming simplicity.

Abercrombie plays mostly electric guitar and Parricelli nylon acoustic, but they interact as if they were regular partners, and the quartet's ensemble sound - with Jormin taking a strongly countermelodic role, and sometimes being the theme-deliverer himself - reflects real empathy and receptiveness in the participants.

There's also a strongly southern European and Moorish feel about some of the music, as if Wheeler's sometimes remote persona has been warmed by the fruitful relationship with Italy's CamJazz label. The title track is a gentle tango, with Jormin anchoring the pulse and developing it as an improvisation, and the wistfully moving ballad on Comba N.3 curls Wheeler's dolorous ruminations around the guitars. Overdubbing is used briefly for a Wheeler brass fanfare, Abercrombie has a deliciously singing solo on Spartacus, and Parricelli a very inventive electric one after the sighing long-note melody of After All. There are two free improvisations (in which Abercrombie gets almost raunchily Scofield-like) but though the mood of this set tends to the triste, there's a lot of movement in the depths below its gently undulating surface.

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Patinkin Live
Sondheim recital
Also a very dissapointed fan
Adequate performance; poor entertainment
a very disappointed fan

Sings Sondheim
Mandy Patinkin
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Release Date: 2002-10-29

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Recorded live at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia, this double CD is one heck of an extensive tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Backed only by Paul Ford on piano, Mandy Patinkin gets through nearly three dozen songs penned by the Broadway master. Some are obvious (excerpts from Sunday in the Park with George, in which the singer created the title role), others less so ("If You Can Find Me I'm Here" from Evening Primrose). Patinkin is often mocked for his shivering falsetto, but here, it's actually when his voice explores a lower register that it falters. What's more interesting is when he tackles songs usually sung by women, such as Follies' "Broadway Baby" and Company's "Another Hundred People" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"--the latter hammed up so much that you can hear the chewing of the scenery. A distinctively mannered interpreter, Patinkin remains an acquired taste, but fans of his will be in heaven with this set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Patinkin Live.......2007-07-19

I am a huge Mandy Patinkin fan, and this is, without a doubt, one of the best CDs in my collection. The transitions between songs are excellent and seamless, plus the song selection was top-notch.

Sondheim recital.......2007-01-22

Probably the best way to approach these disks is to treat them like a recital in a concert hall. Rather as you would listen to a Schubert or Schumann song cycle. Taken together this way, we come to hear Sondheim as one of our finest composers, serious, comic, manic, depressive, always dead on target no matter what the subject matter. And Patinkin is perfect for these songs; he understands the meaning and value of every note and every word, just as a fine concert singer would do, and he makes his listeners understand, too. One of the most intriguing concept albums in recent memory, and a joy all the way through. Bob Finley, Palm Springs, CA.

Also a very dissapointed fan.......2003-08-22

I too LOVE Mandy and Stephen Sondheim and own just about everything both has ever made! I also have been to 6 of Mandy's live performances. This was truly a big dissapointment to me. Every concert I have seen Mandy in has been filled with emotion and his personality just grabs hold of you for an evening of wonderful escape-ism. This to me was very un-entertaining and I actually became irritated after awhile of listening to it. It seemed to drone on with out the wonderful feelings and emotions and soaring voice that Mandy typically puts into his music. I gave this as a gift too (since my friend and I had missed Mandy at his Sondheim review in DC last year) and felt badly that I had. There are so many other great recordings of Mandy...Kidults, Saturday in the Park with George, The Secret Garden, Mandy sings Rogers & Hammerstien and Sondheim. This one has just sat on my shelf after I played it through twice hoping to warm up to it...while my other recordings are very worn out with years of playing!

Adequate performance; poor entertainment.......2003-05-04

I received this disc the same day a "Philip Quast Live at the Donmar". The Quast disc has its own flaws (and I dont wish to compare the two performers) but it has been strung together in a more thoughtful manner, with witty imagination and using a more dangerous in the choice of songs, which is really where this disc fails. The songs here are generally enjoyable though rather standard, and the lack of cohesion (running the songs together doesnt count) means I just dip into the discs listening to a few favourites, rather than enjoying the whole show.

a very disappointed fan.......2003-02-05

I have every recording Patinkin appears on, even if he's only on one track; I adore his voice, his flair, his emotion, his ability to deliver a song.

But (much of) this recording is disappointing, mainly because Mr. Patinkin's voice in the lower range sounds muddled and forced, as though he's lost ability to control it (however, the more falsetto sounds are as clear and sharp as ever).

And I don't care for the format of this performance. Live recordings should have live audience reactions: one (often unrelated) song after another without applause had me wondering when--if ever--was the audience was going to be allowed to react.

Also, while I've never had the privilege of attending a Patinkin concert, I imagined that--above all-- he would be passionate. Perhaps he was. But what (mostly) comes across on the CD is a somber--almost technical--performance.

Tracks:

Bad Boy
It Takes Two
Love Is Good Enough
Slow Dancing
Nobody but You
Sugar Free
Stay With Me
Forever and Ever

Customer Reviews:

way back when.......2007-05-07

another album that was purchased at a changing time in my life. newlywed and very early in my military career, takes me back to that very time and place. good album that included 2 hits, 'bad boy' and 'sugarfree', one hit wonders that i will always have a place in my heart and mind.

very rare.......2005-11-17

i am an music collector and most of the stuff i like is not on cd but i was browsing the net and came across this juicy i have over 700 cassetes but this is a must have for your collection.

A PLEASURE!!!!!!.......2004-11-22

THIS IS A GREAT CD. I LIKED IT I EJOYED IT. THESE PEOPLE SOUND LIKE MIDNIGHT STARR AND LOOSE ENDS. I LIKE THIS WHOLE CD THIS WHOLE CD IS GOOD. THE FIRST SONG I HEARD FROM THIS ALBUM WAS SUGAR FREE. THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM AND A MUST HAVE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS ALBUM TO ANYONW WHO LIKES R&B MUSIC.

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It Takes Two
Bart Schneemann
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Release Date: 2002-08-13

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Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak
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Old and New Fangled Tangos/Folk Songs Around the World

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A Magical Musical Journey Around the World with Mantovani.

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ASIN: B0006840K2
Release Date: 2005-02-08

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Customer Reviews:

A Magical Musical Journey Around the World with Mantovani........2005-02-23

The soaring strings of the original orchestra led by the late great Mantovani are once again presented in this brand new Vocalion release of two of the maestro's masterpiece recordings first released in 1964 (Folk Songs) and 1968 (Tango). Folk Songs from Around the World will charm and excite listeners with melodies as diverse as Aura Lee (what Elvis sang as Love Me Tender) and the sizzling sounds of Hava Nagila. The highly disciplined orchestra under the baton of Mantovani perform spectacular arrangements of "Two Guitars" from Russia and folk songs from Japan, Europe,and the British Isles arranged with such artistry that they will readily evoke from each listener intense emotions. The splendid orchestrations found on the Tango tracks also evoke a variety of emotions, with Whatever Lola Wants, Hernando's Hideaway and Takes Two to Tango, offering playful amusement, and such tracks as Blue Sky, Orange Vendor, and Tango Delle Rose combining captivating tango rhythms with time honored melodies made ever more delightful by the unique, cathedral sound identified exclusively with Mantovani. In an interview at the time of the Tango album's release, the ever perfectionist Mantovani expressed his delight with the musical outcome,noting that he tried "blending fine melodies with exciting rhythms to produce a sound that is stimulating.." Acquire this two CD-set, and new and old Mantovani fans will know the maestro was right on the mark in his assessment of this incomparable musical journey.