Lisa Loeb - The Very Best Of Lisa Loeb

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:05
Size: 139,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:43)  1. I Do
(3:00)  2. Underdog
(4:07)  3. Falling In Love
(2:45)  4. Let's Forget About It
(3:49)  5. How
(3:38)  6. Fools Like Me
(3:27)  7. Bring Me Up
(3:13)  8. Single Me Out (Theme From #1 Single)
(3:23)  9. Furious Rose
(3:03) 10. Stay
(2:58) 11. Truthfully
(2:53) 12. Wishing Heart
(2:38) 13. Sandalwood
(3:08) 14. Waiting For Wednesday
(3:29) 15. All Day
(3:19) 16. Taffy
(3:53) 17. Do You Sleep?
(3:30) 18. What Am I Supposed To Say?

Lisa Loeb had only one big hit and it was with her first single "Stay (I Missed You)" a tune that took her from obscurity to minor celebrity when it was included on the soundtrack of Reality Bites. Although she never had another smash hit, "Stay" was hardly the end of her career: she continued to release records every few years, racking up five additional chartings singles that usually appeared in the lower reaches of Billboard's Hot 100, and a bit higher on their Adult Top 40 charts: 1995's "Do You Sleep?," 1996's "Waiting for Wednesday," 1997's "I Do," 1998's "Let's Forget About It," and 2002's "Underdog." All six of those charting singles, along with album tracks and significant soundtrack contributions (like "How," which wound up on both the Twister soundtrack, where it was originally intended, and on Jack Frost the Michael Keaton classic about a jazz musician who is reincarnated as a giant talking snowman so he can set things right with his son), on 2006's The Very Best of Lisa Loeb, which also includes the brand new "Single Me Out," the theme song from her '06 reality show #1 Single. While Loeb never strayed very far from the sweet, gentle template she laid down with "Stay (I Missed You)," she always was friendly, melodic, and rather ingratiating. These qualities are better heard on The Very Best of Lisa Loeb than on her proper albums, which can tend to be a little samey and sugary. Those tendencies aren't completely absent here, but distilled to her best songs, Loeb is an endearing folk-pop singer/songwriter, as this enjoyable collection proves. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-mw0000471655

The Very Best Of Lisa Loeb

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Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey - On View At The Five Spot Cafe

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:42
Size: 146,7 MB
Art: Front

( 9:48)  1. Birk's Works
(10:00)  2. Lady Be Good
( 8:23)  3. Lover Man
( 9:52)  4. Swingin'
(11:43)  5. Hallelujah
( 4:35)  6. Beef Stew Blues
( 5:29)  7. If You Could See Me Now
( 3:48)  8. 36-23-36

Kenny Burrell and Art Blakey played together infrequently during their careers, so this meeting of jazz minds is a welcome occasion. On View is a rather short set issued from club dates at the Five Spot Cafe in New York City. No matter the configuration, this is come-what-may jazz that has no pressurized content, and a relaxed atmosphere allowing the music to organically breathe and come alive naturally. This feeling comes to the fore right away on Dizzy Gillespie's "Birk's Works," a rather polite version as Burrell tosses out his discriminating versions of the melody. Incorrectly identified as "Lady Be Good," this is actually an adaptation reworked by Thelonious Monk titled "Hackensack." It's a fast jam kicked off by a signature Blakey solo, where the band flies by the seat of their pants, and good feelings are fostered through the simple and solid tenor work of Tina Brooks. Though not penned by Duke Ellington, the elegance he displayed and Burrell revered is quite evident during the ballad "Lover Man." Randy Weston's "Beef Stew Blues," Ray Brown's obscure "Swingin'," and the classic Tadd Dameron ballad "If You Could See Me Now" further illuminate how good this group could have been had they turned into a working unit. As the dawn of the '60s saw new breed jazz fomenting, Burrell, Blakey, and company proved you could still swing and remain melodic while creating new sonic vistas.~ Michael G.Nastos https://www.allmusic.com/album/on-view-at-the-five-spot-cafe-mw0000191601

Personnel: Kenny Burrell - guitar; Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–2, 4); Bobby Timmons - piano (tracks 1-4); Roland Hanna - piano (tracks 5-8); Ben Tucker - bass; Art Blakey - drums

On View At The Five Spot Cafe

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