The Best of George Benson (1995)
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Por Minha Dama (Ala dos Namorados, 1995)
Por Minha Dama (1995)
2º álbum de estúdio da Ala dos Namorados
CD EMI 1995
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Boys On The Side (1995)
Lanç° 8.02.1995
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Foi o último filme realizado por Herbert Ross, que nunca vi. Mas encontrei esta banda sonora, em edição brasileira (com o título Somente Elas...), e fiquei curioso. Apenas cantoras ou grupos com cantoras à frente (Pretenders, The Cranberries, Indigo Girls) fazem esta banda sonora, num filme protagonizado por mulheres (Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore e Mary-Louise Parker). O disco anda pelas áreas rock, pop e folk de som americano e por isso não me agradou por aí além. Mas gosto da versão de You Got It por Bonnie Raitt e sobretudo a de Everyday is Like Sunday (Morrissey) pelos Pretenders de Chryssie Hynde! Assim como dos hits Why, de Annie Lennox, e Dreams dos Cranberries. Ou seja, gostei dos temas menos americanos do disco. Rio/Paris 2,5/5
BOYS ON THE SIDE (1995)
Avec ou Sans Hommes
CD Arista 1995
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1. Bonnie Raitt: You Got (Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, 1989) 3:25
Produção de Don Was
A versão de Bonnie Raitt, feita para esta BSO, foi um single hit em 1995
2. Melissa Etheridge: I Take You With Me (Melissa Etheridge, 1995) 4:48
Produzido por James Stroud
3. Sheryl Crow: Keep On Growing (Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton, 1970) 5:24
Versão de SC para esta BSO
4. Indigo Girls: Power Of Two (Emily Saliers) 5:22
Produzido por Peter Collins
5. Stevie Nicks: Somebody Stand By Me (Sheryl Crow, Todd Wolf, 1995) 5:05
Produção de Don Was
Canção feita para esta BSO
6. Pretenders: Everyday Is Like Sunday (Morrissey, Stephen Street, 1988) 3:41
Voz de Chrissie Hynde
Produzido por Chris Thomas, Ian Stanley
7. The Cranberries: Dreams
(Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan, 1992) 4:30
Voz de Dolores O'Riordan
Produção de Stephen Street
Hit single dos Cranberries
8. Annie Lennox: Why (Annie Lennox, 1992) 4:53
Produzido por Stephen Lipson
Hit single de Annie Lennox
9. Sarah McLachlan–Ol' 55 (Tom Waits) 4:11
Produzido por Pierre Marchand
10. Joan Armatrading: Willow (Joan Armatrading) 4:01
Produzido por Glyn Johns
11. Jonell Mosser: Crossroads (Robert Johnson) 2:49
Produção de Don Was
12. Whoopi Goldberg: You Got It (Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, 1989) 3:08
Produção de Don Was
13. Bonnie Raitt: You Got (Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, 1989) 3:25
Produção de Don Was
Stealing Beauty (1995)
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Stealing Beauty (1995) Ainda não consegui pôr os olhos em Stealing Beauty (Bertolucci, 1996), mas já conheço bem a sua banda sonora. Tal como o filme, o disco é dominado pela mulher. Quase todos os temas são cantados por grandes vozes femininas: Billie Hollyday, Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), Lori Carson, Beth Gibbons (Portishead), Elisabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Liz Phair, Nina Simone. Os anos 90 estão obviamente bem representados pelas divas do indie pop/rock da época. Mas os oldies escolhidos refletem bem as vozes do passado que hoje veneramos: Stevie Wonder, John Lee Hooker, Billie Hollyday, Nina Simone. Uma compilação cheia de temas gloriosos. 4/5
The Bridges Of Madison County BSO (1995)
The Bridges Of Madison County BSO (1995)
Para um grande filme, uma grande banda sonora. Uma antologia de jazz, com muitas gravações dos anos 50, dominadas por duas grandes vozes: Johnny Hartman e Dinah Washington. Uma masculina e outra feminina, escolha acertada para este filme romântico de Clint Eastwood. 4,5/5
The Human League - Greatest Hits (1995)
The Human League - Greatest Hits (1995)
CD Virgin 1995
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Um disco que tenho de ter sempre à mão. Muitas canções da minha vida: Open Your Heart, Don't You Want Me, Louise, Fascination. Os Human League fizeram canções de pop eletrónica perfeitas. Esta compilação de 1995 inclui um tema desse ano (Tell Me When) e um tema inédito feita para este disco (Stay with Me Tonight). Perfeito. 5/5
Soundtrack To a Generation (1995)
Soundtrack To a Generation (1995)
Compilação dos Human League
CD Disky 1996
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Made in Holland
VI 875303
Libreto sem texto, apenas o título e a autoria das faixas
1.Human League: Human (Jimmy Harris III, Terry Lewis, 1986), versão incluída no álbum Crash 3:45 (1986)
2.Human League: Kiss The Future (Neil Sutton, Philip Oakey, 1990) 4:12, versão incluída no álbum Romantic? (1990)
3.Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey: Together In Electric Dreams (Giorgio Moroder, Philip Oakey, 1984), versão do lado A do single homónimo 3:53 (1984)
4.Human League: Are You Ever Coming Back? (Jim Russell, Philip Adrian Wright, Philip Oakey, 1986), versão inluída no álbum Crash 4:52 (1986)
5.Human League: Betrayed (Philip Adrian Wright, Philip Oakey, 1984), versão incluída no álbum Hysteria 4:06 (1984)
6.Human League: Hard Times (Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright, Philip Oakey, 1981) 5:05, versão do lado B do single Love Action (1981)
7.Human League: Get It Right This Time (J. Rae, Jo Callis, 1990), versão incluída no álbum Romantic? 4:12 (1990)
8.Human League: I Need Your Loving (Williams, Eiland, Davis, Harris, Richey, Lewis, 1986), versão incluída no álbum Crash 3:43 (1986)
9.Human League: Do Or Die (Ian Burden, Philip Oakey, 1981), versão incluída no álbum Dare! 5:23 (1981)
10.Human League: Rebound (Neil Sutton, Philip Oakey, 1990), versão incluída no álbum Romantic? 3:57 (1990)
11.Human League: Soundtrack To A Generation (Neil Sutton, Philip Oakey, 1990), versão incluída no álbum Romantic? 3:36 (1990)
12. Human League: Empire State Human (Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware, Philip Oakey, 1979), versão incluída do álbum Reproduction 3:10 (1979)
13.Human League: The Real Thing (Ian Burden, Jim Russell, Philip Oakey, Fellows, 1986), versão incluída no álbum Crash 4:19 (1986)
14.Human League: Don't You Know I Want You (Ian Burden, Jo Callis, Philip Oakey, 1984), versão incluída no álbum Hysteria 3:10 (1984)
Olympian (Gene, 1995)
English indie rock/Britpop band
Londres, 1993-2004
Martin Rossiter, Vocals
Steve Mason, Guitar
Kevin Miles, Bass
Matt James, Drums
OLYMPIAN (1995)
Produção de Phil Vinall
Songwritting
Kevin Miles, Martin Rossiter, Matt James, Steve Mason
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FAIXAS
1. Haunted By You 3:42
2. Your Love, It Lies 3:19
3. Truth, Rest Your Head 5:01
4. A Car That Sped 3:37
5. Left-Handed 2:21
6. London, Can You Wait? 3:12
7. To The City 4:00
8. Still Can't Find The Phone 3:01
9. Sleep Well Tonight 4:36
10. Olympian 5:25
11. We'll Find Our Own Way 2:25
FICHA TÉCNICA
Todas as músicas compostas por Kevin Miles, Martin Rossiter, Matt James e Steve Mason
Phil Vinall, produção
Pete Thomas, arranjos
Kevin Miles, guitarra baixo
Sian Bell, cello
Matt James, percussão e bateria
Steve Mason, guitar
Trouser Press
Gene Olympian (Polydor)
1995 Olympian EP (UK Costermonger)
1995 For the Dead EP (UK Costermonger)
1996 To See the Lights (UK Costermonger)
1996 Drawn to the Deep End (UK Polydor)
1997 Speak to Me Someone EP (UK Polydor)
1997 Where Are They Now? EP (UK Polydor)
1997 Revelations (UK Polydor)
1999 Rising for Sunset (UK Contra Music)
2000 As Good As It Gets: The Best of Gene (UK Costermonger)
2001 Is It Over? EP (UK Contra Music)
2001 Libertine (UK Contra Music)
Never mind the fact that Gene does bear a marked resemblance to the Smiths. The British foursome had a similar approach to UK guitar pop — a love of joyous songcraft composed of equal parts intelligent words, cheeky melodies and a sense of grandiose melodrama. But where Morrissey basks in his miserabilia, Gene singer/lyricist Martin Rossiter kicked against his grim London world, finding solace, community and redemption in his band’s music. Despite the often-dreary subject matter (which ranges from homophobia to gang violence to premature death), Olympian retains an exuberant spirit that never gets mopey or maudlin. Rossiter’s songs are witty and articulate, often fraught with an epic temperament (“Sleep Well Tonight,” the bracing “To the City”), even when capturing the minutiae of urban life and love (“Truth, Rest Your Head”). On such soulful and electric anthems as “Haunted by You” or tender-but-tough ballads like “Your Love, It Lies,” Gene conjures up echoes of the Faces, the Jam — even Queen. Guitarist Steve Mason is a wonder, whether he’s getting orchestral on the majestic title track or plying the proverbial hot licks all over “A Car That Sped.” In the end, Olympian is so good Rossiter can be forgiven his occasional Mozzer-like growl; Gene’s touching and terrific tuneage is enough. (The A-sides of the band’s first two singles, “For the Dead” and the splendid “Be My Light, Be My Guide,” were left off the British release but added to the US edition as bonus tracks.) The Olympian EP features a different mix of “Olympian” (retooled for UK pop radio with the piano up and the guitars down), as well as two UK non-LP tunes and a fine BBC radio version of the Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me Down.” For the Dead reprises the band’s first 45 with producer Phil Vinall’s remix of the title cut and the original B-side (“Child’s Body”), plus live takes of “Sick, Sober and Sorry” and “Truth, Rest Your Head.” To See the Lights collects all of Gene’s consistently excellent B-sides, including the way-Smithsy “I Can’t Decide If She Really Loves Me,” the ripping title cut and yet another fine Rossiter romantic lament, “How Much for Love.” There are also some fab radio sessions (like the amazing, bare-boned “A Car That Sped”), such live thingies as the shambolic take on the Bacharach/David standard “I Say a Little Prayer” (recorded at Glastonbury in ’95), plus “For the Dead” and “Be My Light, Be My Guide.” Given Gene’s momentum, Drawn to the Deep End should have been a significant breakthrough, yet it is something of a disappointment. The instrumentalists are in excellent form, handling the rockers and ballads with equal parts theatrical drama and dynamic subtlety. The tempo- shifting, suite-like “New Amusements” remains Gene’s most ambitious moment on record, and Steve Mason’s guitar stands out in nearly every song, especially the Smiths-like “Where Are They Now?” The unavoidable problem here is Rossiter, who has devolved into a weeping, humorless, pathetic boo- hooer (or its flip side, a milquetoast who gushes thanks to anyone who cares for him). While his lovely baritone sounds even better than Morrissey’s, the insufferable lyrics lack his wit. Sobbing desperation ruins the otherwise beautiful “We Could Be Kings”: “Will you hold me like a child / Will you catch me when I fall / Can you hear me when I call / When I’m hungry and I’m cold / Will you feed me from your palm / And shelter me from harm / Can you love me?” “Speak to Me Someone” and “Why I Was Born” also suffer from high-maintenance sappiness. Rossiter regains his effectiveness when inhabiting other characters (examining the long-term effects of child abuse on the bruising “Voice of the Father,” conjuring up London’s fog and grime on the murder ballad “The Accidental,” making like Freddie Mercury on “I Love You, What Are You?”), but they’re no match for the self-absorbed love cries. Thankfully, Rossiter toned it down on Revelations, but the effort is in vain. He continues to send a mixed message, proclaiming himself to be “In Love With Love” (as an excuse for infidelity), then sighing that “Love Won’t Work” one song later. He dabbles in socialist politics here, as clumsily as he shouldered love on the prior album. Activism poorly suits the vocalist’s mannerisms; he turns compassion into dogmatic finger- pointing. The well-meaning “As Good As It Gets” offers vague working-class angst, and groan-inducing lines like “Yes, I started life retarded” damage the Tony Blair- questioning “Love Won’t Work.” Much of the album rocks harder than Gene’s norm, but the louder guitars don’t convey intensity and too many of the ballads lack memorable melodies. On the plus side, the riffs and emotional drama of “You’ll Never Walk Again” almost reach U2 levels, “Angel” poetically questions social class and the piano-driven “Something In the Water” boasts a winning chorus (despite Rossiter’s silly vocals). Revelations provides added evidence for those convinced that Gene are Smiths slaves: the best melody here, the pub shout-along “Fill Her Up,” shares its hook with “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out,” while the “The Looker” lifts its “this is the last line I’ll ever sing” lyric directly from Morrissey’s “Disappointed”. A pedestrian, forgettable affair. Rising for Sunset is a bland live set that magnifies Gene’s troubles. Ballads like “Your Love, It Lies” are handled deftly, and Rossiter is in fine voice (especially on “You’ll Never Walk Again”), but the band fails to generate any spark on the harder numbers. As Good As It Gets: The Best of Gene is an adequate retrospective, but hardly essential. The disc contains such rarities as the suicide ballad “Drawn to the Deep End” (omitted from the album of the same name) and a cover of the Jam’s “Town Called Malice,” yet it omits many gems from Olympian. Such a downturn in quality relegated Gene to a forgotten also-ran in the Britpop realm, so few noticed the band’s return to form, Libertine. The set gets off to a weak start with the pretty, empty, whining and overlong “Does He Have a Name?” and “Is It Over?,” an inexcusable rip-off of the Smiths’ “I Know It’s Over” that raises the melodrama to unlistenable heights. But the rest of the album delivers a batch of solid tunes, sprinkled with reggae (!) rhythms. This new ingredient gives Mason new avenues to explore, making “We’ll Get What We Deserve” and the excellent “Spy in the Clubs” especially powerful. Rossiter also shines, returning to Olympian-era form on “O Lover,” a gentle Marvin Gaye-styled plea for a girl to leave her abusive boyfriend. He even allows himself a light-hearted moment on “Walking in the Shallows,” a charmingly awkward request for a one-night stand (“My heart’s full of pain / So I’ll follow my groin, not my brain”). Rossiter still wields the schmaltz too liberally (“You”), but Libertine is Gene’s most satisfying album since Olympian.
Gene disbanded in 2004.
Texto de Michael Krugman e Seth Bender
2025 Trouser Press LLC
DIFFERENT CLASS (1995)
DIFFERENT CLASS (1995)
Álbum dos Pulp
CD Island 1995
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DIFFERENT CLASS (1995)
CD Duplo Island 1996
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Reedição com uma compilação de lados B de 1994 a 1996
DIFFERENT CLASS (1995)
CD Duplo Digipack DELUXE EDITION Island
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DIFFERENT CLASS (1995)
CD Duplo Digipak 2025
Edição do 30° Aniversário
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World of Morrissey (1995)
World of Morrissey (1995)
Compilação de Morrissey
CD Parlophone 1995
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Here's to the Ladies (Tony Bennett, 1995)
Tony Bennett Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook
CD Concord Records Remastered
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Este CD inclui os temas de 2 LPs: Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs (Improv, 1976) e Tony Bennett Tony Bennett Sings... More Great Rodgers & Hart (Improv, 1977)O Melhor de Tony Bennet (Columbia, 1984)
Bennet and Berlin (Columbia, 1988)
LP Vinil Columbia 1988
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Astoria. Portrait of the Artist (Columbia, 1990)
Steppin' Out (Columbia, 1993)
Here's to the Ladies (1995)
CD Columbia 1995
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Here's to the Ladies (1995)
K7 Cassete Columbia 1995
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Perfectly Frank (1992)
K7 Cassete 1992
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Who Can I Turn To (Columbia, 1995)
Bennet on Holiday (Columbia, 1997)
Forty Years - The Artistry of Tony Bennett (Columbia, 1997)
Sings Ellington Hot and Cool (1999)
Live in Concert (DVD Waterfall H.E. 2001)
The Art of Romance (2005)
Ellington Hot and Cool (1999)
TB (CD-Livro Público 2013 coleção Grandes Vozes Americanas n°5)
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Columbia 2014
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The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (Columbia, 2015)
Tony Bennett (1984)
Ensaio de Tony Jasper
W. H. Allen 1984
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Depois de ter lido algumas ótimas biografias de referência, custa ler uma obra como a que Jasper dedica a Tony Bennett, de 1984, provavelmente a primeira biografia do grande cantor. A lista dos discos (singles, eps, álbuns) no final, organizada por gravadoras, não tem uma única data. O livro está pejado de citações de Bennett, certamente retiradas de entrevistas que o cantor foi dando ao longo do tempo. Além disso é um livro de um fã britânico, sendo dado um destaque inusitado à carreira de Bennett em Inglaterra. Mais intéressante são as incursões do autor no mercado e no gosto musical dos períodos pelos quais Bennett passou praticamente incólume. As vagas rock, pop, soul, que encostaram o songbook americano formado em Tin Pan Alley às margens do mercado, não afetaram muito Bennett, que aumentou sempre o seu prestígio entre o público adulto e sofisticado. Mais do que Sinatra, Tony Bennett nunca se afastou muito do mundo do jazz, sendo admirado pelos jazzmen. Talvez o essencial sobre Bennett seja dito aqui, mas as grandes biografias têm de ser menos hagiográficas. Paris 06.2023 2/5
Sheila (Nando da Cruz, 1995)
Sheila (1995)
3º álbum de estúdio de Nando da Cruz
CD Lusafrica 1995
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