Sheet Music

I first picked up SHEET MUSIC on a whim in 2001. Being familiar only with their songs 'The Wall Street Shuffle', Í'm Not In Love',and 'The Things We Do For Love' I was not sure what 10cc's other material sounded like based from these 3 selections from different albums & years. By the time I heard the third track from SHEET MUSIC 'Hotel' I couldn't believe I was listening to an album that had sounds of the 80's in 1974. These musicians in the studio were years ahead of their time, and certainly influenced what came out of Europe and later America with the 4 albums they released with the band line-up of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley. That Stewart & Gouldman later went on to write one of the most played songs in the world Í'm Not In Love', and Creme & Godley later went on to direct some of the most familiar and groundbreaking Videos of the 80's should tell you that there was an incredible amount of talent & vision in this band.

That they were one of the few bands, if not only, to run their own studio, and have complete control over their recorded output says something else. Everything they did was ín-house'and performed,produced,engineered & mixed by 10cc from the debut album onwards. SHEET MUSIC is the high watermark of this collaboration between four musicians when songwriting partnerships hadn't quite been cemented, and wider success was around the corner.

Think of the writing teams in that old cliche style --- Stewart & Gouldman were the McCartney, Godley & Creme were the Lennon. I hate having to use expressions like these, but it generalises and gives you, as someone not familiar with the music, an idea of the difference. The Wall Street Shuffle by Gouldman & Stewart is pure pop, and a top 10 single in Britain and still gets circulated around today for Stock market reports on TV. Gouldman & Creme's The Worst Band In The World is a witty and very ahead of its time indictment of pop ego and the music business. Musically it sounds very little like 1974. It sounds ahead. Hotel is one of the most unique songs I have ever heard. Blending a very 80's sounding introduction with island Calypso, Hollywood 1930's backing vocals, and a twisted tale told with alot of humour, Hotel is an undeniable classic written by Godley & Creme. Again, it sounds nothing like what was going on in 1974 or before. I heard just about every 80's synth pop band in the introduction of Hotel. Old Wild Men is a beautifully played and sung homage to the ageing rocker and marks the debut of the Godley/Creme invented ínstrument enhancer'The Gizmo' which could be placed on the bridge of a guitar to make it sound like a multitude of instruments, primarily strings (violin, cello etc.) . This Godley & Creme composition is further enhanced by the dual vocal team of Godley & Stewart, in my mind, two of the best singers Britain has produced. Clockwork Creep also by Godley & Creme is a tour de force of effects, tempo changes, inventiveness all behind the story told by a bomb. Stewart, Godley & Creme play different roles in this all too brief saga. Stewart as the Passenger, Godley as The Plane, and Creme as The Bomb.

(?) Side two kicks off with Stewart & Creme's 'Silly Love'. Sheet Music is the start of identifying songwriting partnerships in 10cc. Stewart & Gouldman paired off, as did Godley & Creme, but success was also had by pairing Godley & Gouldman, and Silly Love became a hit song with the Stewart & Creme combination. Silly Love is a rocker like other rockers but with a twist. Imploring that those Valentine's consumers opt for their OWN way of saying I love you rather than seek out tired old cliche's, Silly Love is original, funny and it jams. Godley & Creme's Somewhere In Hollywood follows. This is where the inventiveness of this writing team shows itself fully, but also shows the talent all 4 possessed in contributing to a song. Godley & Creme's explorations and obvious eccentricities were harnessed in and made clarified by Stewart & Gouldman's pop sensibilities. It really was a near perfect marriage of two different visions.
Stewart & Gouldman's 'Baron Samedi' has a Santana/afrocuban backing but with (again) ahead of its time recording and quality. Godley & Gouldman''s 'The Sacro-Iliac' should have been a single, it is that catchy. Telling the tale of a dance that everyone can do if you can't dance. And the final song Oh Effendi by Stewart & Godley tells the tale of very current events (USA/French/Middle East relations) in a no holds barred humourous way, giving a little diplomatic relations history as it does.

Sheet Music should be regarded as one of the best albums released in the 7o's. It may not suit everyone's tastes, but this albums influence on musicians, fans,and critics alike is undeniable. Sheet Music was the 8o's before the '8o's arrived.
On their next 2 albums together, the original lineup of 10cc innovated pop music, in recording and writing to a degree that I find them as influential as any other group you hear too much about.

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The acid's in the musik, not the liner notes

perpetually essential electronica

Plastikman's techno beat-fest. Sheet One

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Sheet One
Plastikman
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
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ASIN: B000003Z7H
Release Date: 1993-11-16

Tracks:

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For the Plastikman concept, Plus 8 founder Richie Hawtin sought to create an all-encompassing sonic environment, a slowly evolving "plastic world," in which the listener could commune with the machines. On Sheet One, the classic Roland boxes that made Detroit techno possible are placed front and center, bringing to light the psychedelic subtext of modern dance music. Meditative and hypnotic rhythms mingle with the distinctive undulating pulse of the TB-303 synthesizer, extracting and highlighting the essence of dance music. But unlike a dance-floor stormer, Sheet One's tension is not dramatically built and released; the point here is to slow down and listen closely, noticing change only after the fact, if at all. The ideas laid out in this album are later explored in the two subsequent Plastikman LPs as well as the limited-edition Concept series of 12-inches. But Sheet One is the most conceptually solid (as well as the most listener-accessible) LP of them all. --Matthew Corwine

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The acid's in the musik, not the liner notes.......2007-04-25

From klikety-klak minimal tracks like "helikopter" to the wide-open minimal spacious acid-trance that is "Plasticine", this album storms. "Plasticity" & "Glob" are worth the price of admission right there; a breakthrough album in every respect.

perpetually essential electronica.......2006-11-24

I've had it for almost 10 years and I will keep it forever. One of those that you really should have. It's like an old school textbook that taught you everything you know, deserves respect, and the occasional listen on into perpetuity...

Plastikman's techno beat-fest. Sheet One.......2005-03-28

I'm actually intrigued by this CD, spellbinding beats meets ambient soundscapes. Power meets ambience. I decided to check-out 'Sheet One' based on a Mojo Magazine reference to 'brilliant psychadelic music', and psychadelic and mezmerizing this is, in a techno sense that is. Plastikman's arrangements are actually minimal, just think a more danceable 'Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2', speaker-shredding throbbing beats meets techno/post-rock type soundscapes. Ambient music that you can dance to, but cerebral enough to expose a high degree of musical aptitude. Really interesting stuff.

Nice.......2004-11-03

How do you listen to it when you are surfing? You must have some awesome technology. Or be speaking bollocks

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I've been listening to this since I first purchased it back in 94-95. There aren't too many albums that I can say that about.

Tracks:

Light My Fire
Something [#]
Fell in Love With a Poet
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning [#]
Kind of a Woman
Kinky Love
Easy Evil [#]
Imaginary Lover [#][Demo Version]
California Dreamin' [#]
Tired of Waiting for You [#][Demo Version]
Call Me
Nice 'N' Easy
Until It's Time for You to Go
Here in the Palm of Your Hand [#][Demo Version]
True Love
The Shadow of Your Smile
When I Look in Your Eyes [#]
I'm Just in Love
Maybe I'm Amazed [#]
Flowers
We Can Make It

Album Description

Sheet Music has Nancy Sinatra giving unique, mostly mellow readings of a wide variety of her favorite popular and romantic songs.

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Pleasant easy listening but no blockbuster!.......2005-05-26

If you can get this for a good price and have no problem with Nancy's vocals I'd highly recommend this CD. Nancy does a decent job with several remakes (though I didn't care for "Light My Fire") and even throws in a couple of pop's hits to boot. Her voice has never been very strong, hence the critical reviews, but I find the whole compilation nice to listen to while relaxing or driving. "Kinky Love" is an intriguing number which I've become quite fond of.
My only criticism of the the CD is the cover photo. Nancy looks like she just returned from her plastic surgeon after a session of lip enhancement. Out of all the flattering photos of this woman which are available I'm not sure why anyone would have picked this to grace an album cover. A real turn-off!

Bedsores From These Sheets.......2004-08-27

If you enjoyed this disc, you don't ask for much.

If Nancy Sinatra enjoyed recording these songs, I'm happy for her. But not for me, because I listened to them. Some words I would use to describe this disc are: flat, lackluster, naïve, and vacant. And these apply to the music itself as well as Nancy's singing.

Since she recorded her popular tunes many years ago, Nancy's voice never matured, never got richer or fuller. Her range remains about as wide as the distance you can spread your toes. She is no stylist, making the simplest of musical choices because her ability does not allow any real vocal exploration. And this isn't a case of a vocalist who had talent that is now fading with age (like her father's later recordings.) Nancy never had it, and never will.

A previous reviewer comments: "the artful arranging never taxes her vocal talent." That's because she has no vocal talent and the arranger was trying hard not to highlight that point. The arranger was artful in presenting continuous drab music that does not rise above Nancy's competence.

Why is the tempo of all these songs so slow? Couldn't Nancy read the words fast enough? Or is it that the arranger thought slow equals torchy? The lack of orchestration is not simply to set a mood. It is because Nancy's voice can not compete with a full-bodied musical approach.

Another reviewer called this cd "audio foreplay." Only if you're into necrophilia. These arrangements are depressing and gloomy. The recording is muted and muddy. My wife said it had the quality of a 45 rpm record, and further said it sounds as if Nancy laid down her vocals over the prerecorded music. The atmosphere of this disc is not one of sensuality or seduction, but rather that of wearing flannel pajamas in summer: tight, hot and overwhelmingly oppressive. Dismally oppressive.

Some individual song impressions:

Light My Fire -- Nancy tries to imitate her father's annoying rewording of lyrics to suit the interpretation. It fails. The Muzak version of this Door's hit had more verve.

Fell in With the Poet - sounds like a Carpenters rip-off without Karen's vocal confidence/control.

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - probably the best on the album, which isn't saying much, with background singers a la the sixties. But listen to Frank's version instead.

Kinky Love - Very cute and catchy melody wasted on insipid lyrics that don't explore or even hint as to what it's supposed to imply. "Let the honey slide?" Eeeeeewwww!

Easy Evil - Nancy talks, as she always does, through these embarrassingly poor lyrics.

Tired of Waiting for You -Nancy sounded so tired I hoped she'd mercifully pass out. It's bad when the backup vocalist impresses you more than the lead or the music.

Here in the Palm of your Hand - Was she drunk or stoned when she recorded this? This is possibly the worst cut on this disc. Her voice was flat and cracking, with the backup singers put in to cover all the flaws.

Flowers - I know this was supposed to be some intense and dramatic piece, but what the hell was it about? The first musical bridge made me imagine something stalking me, the whole song was creepy and it left me feeling dirty. My wife said it sounded like some drunken middle-aged woman in a tavern rambling at her drunken boyfriend. My wife acted this out as well. It fit so perfectly that the ensuing laughter was the only thing that got me through this "song."

Someone with Nancy's limited ability would never have passed the karaoke contest. But then, the music industry is not built on talent, but money. And it appears that bearing the Sinatra name is enough to convince a producer that there's money to be made.

This audio-enema is a slap in the face to any vocalist of talent. My only consolation in hearing this disc is that I didn't pay any money for it, but I'm afraid the experience will haunt me for

Nancy Sinatra singing love songs in the manner of her father.......2003-09-01

I was greatly enamored with Nancy Sinatra in the late 1960s, mainly because she looked great in white go-go boots but also because my mother's favorite singer was Frank Sinatra and listening to Nancy allowed me to assert that she was the only decent singer in the family. When my father was stationed in Japan I can remember finding solace in the strange new world in which I had been dumped listening to "Some Velvet Morning" every time it came on Armed Forces Radio. My favorite Nancy Sinatra songs have always been her duets with Lee Hazzlewood, after which I liked her rock covers. So it is rather ironic that in this 1998 album "Sheet Music: A Collection of Her Favorite Love Songs," is that Nancy has put together 21 tracks where she is often singing songs in a style we would all associate much more with her father than the tunes on her greatest hits collection.

The other great attraction here are the nine unreleased songs, featuring covers of songs by George Harrison ("Something"), Paul McCartney ("Maybe I'm Amazed"), and Ray Davies ("Tired of Waiting for Young"). On that last one the liner notes inform us that nobody remembers who produced and arranged the song or when it was recorded, so there was some serious cleaning out of the music vault for this one (Billy Strange did a lot of the arranging, but that song is clearly not in his style). There is a low keyed cover of "California Dreamin'" but the one I liked whas "When I Look In Your Eyes," which few would remember as being sung by Rex Harrison to a seal in "Dr. Doolittle" (the final lyric is rewritten). Add ot this another four singles, including "Nice 'n' Easy" and "True Love," and those who have all of Nancy Sinatra's albums are going to find that over half of the tracks on "Sheet Music" are "new."

These songs are not for the casual Nancy Sinatra fan, but for those people who collected her albums in the Sixties, patiently waited for them to be remastered as DVDs, and even picked up a popular men's magazine simply because it had a pictorial spread of the woman in all her glory. This is not a great album but it is still a welcome addition to our Nancy Sinatra music library.

Nancy with the Lovely Voice.......2003-01-15

I always think of Nancy Sinatra as a special hidden treasure. The world knows her for all those hit records but most people have no idea what a technically excellent, rich-voiced, smartly interpretative singer she is. I've played this album for friends without identifying the singer. They say, "The girl is terrific," then are totally surprised when I reveal they are hearing Nancy Sinatra. Invariably people think of the tough chick from the first hit records, music they love by a singer they love. But they have no idea she has a much wider musical picture in her history. This is a wonderful album start to finish with intriguing songs, beautiful arrangements and a singer who is first-rate by any measure.

Nancy as Torch Singer.......2001-09-03

Here's a wonderful collection of love songs with very little duplication from Nancy's earlier albums. No gags, no duets - just 65:18 of marvelous, wistful, loving songs in her typically simple arrangements. There are a couple of special treasures: "Flowers" - a Bobby Cole tune from 1970 - is a tour de force and short story all in about three and a half minutes. Nancy's cover of Jim Morrison's "Light My Fire" is marvelous and perfectly set toward the bottom of her smoky alto range. All in all, this is a terrific album.

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Sheet Music
10cc
Manufacturer: Glam / 7t's
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NVIWVU
Release Date: 2007-04-16

Tracks:

Wall Street Shuffle
Worst Band in the World
Hotel
Old Wild Men
Clockwork Creep
Silly Love
Somewhere in Hollywood
Baron Samedi
Sacro-Iliac
Oh Effendi
Carat Man of Means
Gismo My Way

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered and expanded pressing of the quirky British Rock band's 1974 sophomore album featuring three bonus tracks: '18 Carat Man Of Means', 'Gizmo My Way' and 'Worst Band In The World' (Radio Version). Formed by songwriters Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, 10cc weren't quite Art Rock, Pop Rock or Progressive Rock. They took only the best aspects of each style and created a unique sound of their own and were nearly impossible to pigeonhole. Sheet Music features the hits 'The Wall Street Shuffle', 'Silly Love' and 'Worst Band In The World'. 13 tracks. 7Ts. 2007.

Album Details

2007 Remastered Reissue of the 1974 Classic. Includes the British National Chart Hits 'silly Love' and 'the Wall Street Shuffle' plus the 'worst Band in the World' Single.

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Bee Season is wonderful...

Bee Season
Peter Nashel
Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BH4Y3G
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

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Prologue/Main Titles
Spelling Suite
Confidence
Fresno Hotel
What's A Mystic
I Start Out Hearing It In My Head
Washington
Abulafia's Path
Partita II In D Minor, BWV. 1004 Chaccone (Excerpt)
You're Not Coming With Me?
Vessel Of Light
Orange Sheet
Origami
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The Nationals
Light

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Bee Season is wonderful..........2006-06-03

Bee Season is a score that is remarkably relaxing. It's one of those scores that you just listen to on your portable CD player in your car, as your taking a long drive. It's so peaceful. The score is filled with fast paced strings that give it a fair beat. Piano mixes in with the strings to give it a pretty good sound. Ivy's "I'll be near you" is a wonderful slow song, that has beautiful lyrics and suddenly relaxes you. The music fits perfectly with the scene in the movie that its in. Don't miss out on this one folks.

1. I'll Be Near You Performed by: Ivy 5/5
2. Prologue/Main Titles 5/5
3. Spelling Suite 4/5
4. Confidence 3/5
5. Fresno Hotel 4/5
6. What's A Mystic 3/5
7. I Start Out Hearing It In My Head 4/5
8. Washington 5/5
9. Abulafia's Path 3/5
10. Partita II In D Minor, BWV. 1004 Chaccone (Excerpt) 5/5
11. You're Not Coming With Me? 4/5
12. Vessel Of Light 5/5
13. Orange Sheet 3/5
14. Origami 4/5
15. Shefa 5/5
16. The Nationals 5/5
17. Light 5/5

I highly recommend the movie along with this. I hope you enjoy!

Jordan
Overall grade* B+

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Sheet Music
10cc
Manufacturer: Teichiku Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001YFPJG
Release Date: 2004-05-29

Tracks:

Wall Street Shuffle
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Hotel
Old Wild Men
Clockwork Creep
Silly Love
Somewhere in Hollywood
Baron Samedi
Sacro-Iliac
Oh Effendi

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a splendid release, but...
Nothing Even Close
One Great 2-On-1!!
ONE GOOD DISC, THE OTHER CLASSIC

10cc/Sheet Music
10cc
Manufacturer: Dcc Compact Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005YU7
Release Date: 1990-10-01

Tracks:

Rubber Bullets (Long Version)
Johnny Don't Do It
Sand In My Face
Donna
The Dean And I
Headline Hustler
Speed Kills
The Hospital Song
Ships Don't Disappear In The Night (Do They?)
Fresh Air For My Mama
The Wall Street Shuffle
The Worst Band In The World
Hotel
Old Wild Men
Clockwork Creep
Silly Love (Long Version)
Somewhere In Hollywood
Baron Samedi
The Sacro-Iliac
Oh Effendi
Waterfall

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a splendid release, but..........2004-12-30

This twofer CD of 10cc's first two albums, 1973's self-titled effort & 1974's "Sheet Music", is a splendid release for sure, however, in 2004, the Varese Sarabande label put out a superb 2 CD set called "The Complete UK Recordings" that contains all of the tracks from each of their first two albums along with all of the b-sides from this era, plus single/ alternate mixes. Certainly, that more comprehensive collection is preferrable to this older release, making this one, in a certain sense, obsolete--that's not that say this isn't an excellent release in its own right though, because it certainly is. If you see it cheap, it's a great bargain--there are a load of terrific tracks to be found over the course of this disc including the amusing, acoustic slide guitar-spiked "Sand In My Face"; the super-fun, hook-filled "The Dean And I" which is punctuated by great, layered guitar leads; the "Paperback Writer"-ish "Headline Hustler", has rather mellow, terrifically melodic McCartney-esque verses with Harrison-esque slide guitar, plus a surging singalong chorus; the wildly exciting, Bo Diddley-ish "Speed Kills" with its layers of fluid, searing lead guitar work from Eric Stewart; the splendidly tuneful doo-wop tune "Donna"; the infectious, bouncy uptempo pop of "Ships Don't Disappear In the Night (Do They?); the splendidly tuneful ballad "Fresh Air For My Mama"; the brilliant, ultra-catchy pop-rocker "The Wall Street Shuffle"; the gorgeous, atmospheric "Old Wild Men"; the very amusingly sarcastic and catchy "The Worst Band In the World"; & the folky, smile-inducing ode to chilling out "The Sacro-Iliac". "Hotel" starts off with spacey sci-fi noises before eventually kicking into an infectious Carribbean-flavored tune, & the hyperactive "Clockwork Creep" (a snippet of which was sampled on their subsequent "I'm Mandy Fly Me") is a lot of fun as well. Plus, they did add one of their best b-sides of this era as a bonus track: the dreamy, acoustic guitar-based "Waterfall". 2004's "The Complete UK Recordings" on Varese Sarabande is the definitive chronicle of the early UK Records period of 10cc, one of the greatest bands of all time, but there's no denying the brilliant music that this CD contains.

Nothing Even Close.......1999-03-11

There is no pop album even close to Sheet Music in terms of pop catchiness, musical and arranging brilliance, lyric cleverness, incredible vocals, and fun. You will not see all these elements to such an excess on any other pop album from this era. Buy this CD for Sheet Music alone, and listen to '10CC' to see where they got their collective start (they were all succesfull musicians and songwriters before forming 10CC). It is remarkable that they changed and grew as they did from their 1st to 2nd albums. If you like catchy, fun pop, you cannot be without this disc.

One Great 2-On-1!!.......1998-11-19

This is the first two 10cc albums together on 1 disc (over 74 minutes of music!). Their 1972 first album, though a bit spotty, and very amphetemine-y mix, has classic tracks like: "Donna", "Headline Hustler", "Sand In My Face (Dynamic Tension)", "Speed Kills", and of course, "Rubber Bullets". On the other hand, their 1973 second album, "Sheet Music" is worth the price of this disc on its own! Tracks like "Hotel", "Somewhere In Hollywood", "Worst Band In The World", "Silly Love", and "Sacro-iliac" will have you swooning at their vocals and their great production techniques. Do not pass this CD up! It's one that will be spinning in your CD player over and over again!!

ONE GOOD DISC, THE OTHER CLASSIC.......1998-08-11

A CLASSIC 10CC SET OF CD'S WITH A BONUS TRACK. GREAT REMASTERING BY STEVE HOFFMAN--this would point the way to their later classics THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK & HOW DARE YOU!

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If White had only added one more song...

Sheet Music
Barry White
Manufacturer: Priority Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sheet Music
Lady, Sweet Lady
I Believe in Love
Ghetto Letto
Rum and Coke
She's Everything to Me
Love Makin' Music

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If White had only added one more song..........2003-07-07

With this week's passing of Barry White, I pulled out several of my vinyl albums, flipped each on the turntable, and began to revisit the glory days of "the maestro".

"Sheet Music" is the second of White's releases on his own Unlimited Gold label. I remember watching White on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" touting the new "Barry White". After making a noticeable loss of weight, a slimmer and trimmer White performed the first single from the album: the title cut.

And what a song it is: sultry strings, a pulsating bass line, and the wonders of White's vocal chords. With such a powerful release as the album's debut track, I had to have it.

The strengths of the album lie in the orchestra and "the voice". There is a cover of the chestnut "Rum and Coca-Cola" and another highlight is the street-friendly "Ghetto Letto".

But noticeably absent from the release is a "power ballad". White usually has one really strong one, a paean to a lost love or a "come on" to a new one.

Such an omission leaves one longing for a few more "sheets" of music.

Interactive Sheet Music - Wallflowers
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Gee, this looks interesting, too!

Interactive Sheet Music - Wallflowers
iSong
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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ASIN: B00000I9LS
Release Date: 1999-12-31

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Gee, this looks interesting, too!.......1999-03-14

This strange cd looks interesting, too! I don't know anything about it, either, but this one looks strange and interesting, too, and I hope I can buy it someday soon, too! As soon as I get this and the other cd, I will come back and make sure reviews for both. Until then, "Ta, ta!"

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