100+ Items Found For all my life maysa randb cd 1 disc (showing top 100 results)

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Q (2/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...one of the finest records of the year by a performer of any stripe...the music demands the urgent attention of anyone with a more than average interest in great singing, majestic piano playing and the healing power of soul."Down Beat (4/91) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "Brown knows how to deliver a blues lyric with flair as well as feeling...Brown's piano work throughout is a study in boogie-woogie elegance...Suave and soulful, earthy and elegant, Charles Brown, at age 68, keeps on doing his thing."8.515546

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Down Beat (p.60) - "The program is generally well chosen -- a mix of jazz standards, show tunes, pop and Brazilian songs, with an obscure gem or two..."7.791908

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Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.60) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (8/11/94, p.66) - 3 1/2 Stars - Good Plus - "...a bittersweet collection of fist-clenched confessions...brooding ballads about regret, resignation and, ultimately, resolution...her abillity to write about intensely personal--and often painful--moments without romanticizing them shows that the wide-eyed farm girl...is now pondering issues that make the difference between healing and merely coping..."Spin (12/94, p.76) - Ranked #3 in Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of '94' - "...Iris DeMent's preserved twang and suspended orchestrations unlock gospel and country for rock fans, offering unbreakable gentleness as a modern epiphany about rural values..."Entertainment Weekly (4/15/94, p.58) - "...her outlook is cautious and unwaveringly bleak....MY LIFE is an aural chronicle of a breakdown, of a human being shattering into shards....No average country troubador, DeMent is a backwoods Emily Dickinson...." - Rating: A-Option (10/94, pp.98-99) - "...MY LIFE isn't quite diverse as DeMent's debut, but it's every bit as powerful..."Musician (5/94, p.70) - "...There are moments [on MY LIFE] that are so childishly wide-eyed, so emotionally true that they're almost heartbreaking....DeMent warbles her reminiscences in a voice so crystalline it might've risen from the church pews--or maybe a scratchy old Carter Family record...."Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #18 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.Sing Out! (11-12/94-1/95, p.142) - "...DeMent's singing, with its pure mountain quality, sounds somewhat more confident now than on the first recording. So does her songwriting..."New York Times (Publisher) (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Stephen Holden's list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Songs of love, loss and emotional survival [that] have the cutting simplicity and directness of classic country."NME (Magazine) (4/30/94, p.39) - 6 - Good - "...when you get to hear the industrial strength, emotion and resilience...you know that Iris and her big heart will survive the very toughest of times..."6.379912

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Rolling Stone (p.64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] multi-faceted album -- from the resilient post-breakup neo-soul of 'Thank You' to the self-affirming boom-bap of 'Speak Ya Mind.'"Billboard (p.36) - "[With] smooth love songs and buoyant pop. The range is impressive, as is a guest list that includes Janelle Monae, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Rick Ross and Akon..."5.504272

Rolling Stone (9/18/03, p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...LOVE's greatest strength is the same as its predecessors': Blige simmering vocal intensity and the way it slowly boils over into catharic exultation..."5.499186

Rolling Stone (p.88) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "[T]he darkest, most compelling Mellencamp album in years."Entertainment Weekly (p.65) - "Though he may be contemplating mortality, Mellencamp, with his weathered snarl, still sound remarkably alive." -- Grade: BDirty Linen (p.52) - "[T]hanks to Mellencamp's melodies and the musical settings provided by his band and Burnett's lush, spirited production, the songs shine as beacons..."Billboard - "The eight-song album is an honest-to-goodness testament to Mellencamp's longevity, artistry and ability to connect with his audience."Mojo (Publisher) (p.111) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Amid producer T Bone Burnett's open prairie sound and aptly distorted guitar moods, Mellencamp croaks a sequence of raw, all but nihilistic yet far from self-pitying first-person tales..."5.498534

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CD Review - Perf 10 / Sound 9NegativeRecord Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]ignificant because it shows Sinatra trying his hand at songs by The Beatles, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder."5.34548

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CD Review - Perf 10 / Sound 9NegativeRecord Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]ignificant because it shows Sinatra trying his hand at songs by The Beatles, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder."5.330433

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