Millennium Edition [Import] [Original recording remastered]

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Digitally Remastered. New Artwork. Gold Foil Print.

Millennium Edition, Music, Tom Jones, Pop, Pop Vocals, Wales
Millennium Edition
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • I need More Miles
  • As they say, 2 out of 3 ain't bad...
  • not include "you have it all" ?
  • John Miles is still nr 1
Millennium Edition
John Miles
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003W84I
Release Date: 1999-12-28

Tracks:

  1. Music
  2. Slow Down
  3. Remember Yesterday
  4. Highfly
  5. Can't Keep A Good Man Down
  6. No Hard Feelings
  7. C'est La Vie
  8. It's Not Called Angel
  9. Manhattan Skyline
  10. Don't Give Me Your Sympathy
  11. Do It Anyway
  12. Satisfied
  13. If You Don't Need Lovin'
  14. Everybody Wants Some More
  15. Bad Blood
  16. Stand Up (And Give Me A Reason)
  17. Oh Dear!
  18. Rebel

Album Details

Digitally Remastered. New Artwork. Gold Foil Print. Same Tracks as the Master Series Release.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I need More Miles.......2005-08-24

More Miles Per Hour is one of the best rock albums of 79 but never reedited on CD and others great albums of John Miles. On this compilation appears some great songs of MMPH. John Miles is the best and please reedited all discography with bonus tracks.

3 out of 5 stars As they say, 2 out of 3 ain't bad..........2004-11-28

Music (thank you), Highfly (thank you). As a former midwest rock radio personality, I can honestly say I'm disappointed. One song that was most requested back in the 80's is missing in action - "Where Would I Be Without You". For that, I wouldn't recommend the expense in obtaining this.

4 out of 5 stars not include "you have it all" ?.......2000-08-10

I am wondering why he doesn't put "you have it all" in this album, actually this song made me deeply impressed for the first time I know about him.

5 out of 5 stars John Miles is still nr 1.......2000-06-26

The whole cd is just wonderful to listen to.The song (Music was my first love,and it will be my last)is so powerful.i have loved that song for so many years.John Miles is still nr 1.
Millennium Edition
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Opus Is Magnificent
Millennium Edition
Opus
Manufacturer: Universal/Polydor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004R9CQ
Release Date: 2001-12-05

Tracks:

  1. Night in Vienna
  2. Live Is Life
  3. Can You Hear Me
  4. Whiteland
  5. Over and Over (The Watersong)
  6. Every Now and Then
  7. When the Night Comes
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  15. Anytime at All

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Opus Is Magnificent.......2002-08-22

The Austrian band, Opus, had emerged in the early 1980s, breaking onto the US music scene with their single, "Live is Life" in 1984. Although they did not appeal to the American public in large numbers, they did manage to establish a devoted fan base who continued to follow their career which continues today. I am one of those few American fans. Straddling the pop/rock borderline with catchy, well-written and well-played compositions, Opus is a highly talented band that was continually denied the American media attention they so richly deserved. Listen to the environmentally-sensitive tunes "Whiteland" or "Every Now and Then" and understand that they were well ahead of their time in progressive lyric construction. Original line-up included: Ewald Pfleger, Herwig Rudisser, Gunter Grasmuck, Niki Gruber, and Kurt-Rene Plisnier. Purchase this album and re-discover a "lost" band with superb talent and great music, hence their name, OPUS. -Mark Serour, Fort Collins, Colorado
Grandmix: The Millennium Edition
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Grand mix of dance songs from 1975 up to 2000
  • Unbelievable!!
Grandmix: The Millennium Edition
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
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ASIN: B00004S2QP
Release Date: 2000-12-12

Tracks:

  1. Intro-Grandmix Of The Millennium
  2. Girl You Know It's True-Milli Vanilli
  3. Wee Rule-Wee Papa Girl Rappers
  4. Roadblock-Stock Aitken Waterman
  5. Lovely Day-Bill Withers
  6. All Around The World-Lisa Stansfield
  7. Somebody Else's Guy-Jocelyn Brown
  8. Just An Illusion-Imagination
  9. I Can't Wait-Nu Shooz
  10. Tribute (Right On)-The Pasadenas
  11. Going Back To My Roots-Odyssey
  12. Close To Perfection-Miquel Brown
  13. Do It Any Way You Wanna-People's Choice
  14. Rock It-Herbie Hancock
  15. The Medicine Song-Stephanie Mills
  16. Sex-O-Matic-Bar-Kays
  17. Back By Dope Demand-King Bee
  18. Class/Style (I've Got It)-Linda Lewis
  19. Never Gonna Give You Up-Rick Astley
  20. I've Been Thinking About You-London Beat
  21. I Will Survive-Gloria Gaynor
  22. Pump Up The Volume-M/A/R/R/S
  23. Let It All Blow-Dazz Band
  24. Baby Talk-Alisha
  25. All Fall Down-Five Star
  26. Shake Your Body Down (To The Ground)-The Jacksons
  27. Sueno Latino-Sueno Latino
  28. Love Sensation-Loleatta Holloway
  29. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood-Santa Esmeralda
  30. Let No Man Put Us Under-first Choice
  31. Rock Your World-Weeks & Company
  32. Love 4 Love-Robin S
  33. Fire-Pointer Sisters
  34. Jack To The Sound Of The Underground-Hithouse
  35. Break 4 Love-Raze
  36. It's On You-MC Sar & The Real Mccoy
  37. Do What You Want-2 In A Room
  38. Gypsy Woman-Crystal Waters
  39. Finally-CD CD Peniston
  40. Wanna Get Your Love-Jenny Bee
  41. Happy Station-Fun Fun
  42. They Only Come Out At Night-Peter Brown
  43. Hit & Run Lover-Carol Jiani
  44. Relight My Fire-Dan Hartman
  45. Tell Everybody-Herbie Hancock
  46. Let's All Chant-Michael Zager Band
  47. Come On And Do It-Poussez
  48. If You Could Read My Mind-Viola Wills
  49. Funky Town-Lipps Inc
  50. Sing It Back-Moloko
  51. I Can't Stand It-Twenty 4 Seven
  52. Horny '98-Mousse T
  53. Put Your Hands Up-The Black & White Brothers
  54. Say Yeah-The Limit
  55. What Is Love-Haddaway
  56. Rhythm Is A Dancer-Snap
  57. Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)-Technotronic
  58. Ready Or Not-The Course
  59. Moving On Up-M-People
  60. Give It Up-The Goodmen
  61. King Of My Castle-Wamdue Project
  62. Can You Feel It-The Jacksons
  63. Ring My Bell-Anita Ward
  64. I Love The NightLife-Alicia Bridges
  65. Go-Moby
  66. What You Need-Powerhouse Featuring Duane Harden
  67. Gotta Let You Go-Dominica
  68. Feel What You Want-Kristine W
  69. Insomnia-Faithless
  70. Anasthasia-T99
  71. Spin Me Around (Like A Record)-Dead Or Alive
  72. Free-Ultra Nate
  73. It's My Life-Dr Alban
  74. Freed From Desire-Gala
  75. It's Like That-RUN-DMC Versus Jason Nevins
  76. Plastic Dreams-Jaydee
  77. Quadrophonia-Quadrophonia
  78. September '99 (Phats & Small Remix)-Earth Wind &
  79. Feel Good-Phats & Small
  80. Whoomp! (There It Is)-Tag Team
  81. Get Down-Avantgarde
  82. 2 Times-Ann Lee
  83. Killin' Time-Tina Cousins
  84. 9 PM-ATB
  85. Oh La La La-2 Eivissa
  86. Boogie Wonderland-Earth Wind & Fire
  87. Encore Une Fois-Sash!
  88. Fiesta-The Sunclub
  89. Move On Baby-Cappella
  90. Waterfall-Atlantic Ocean
  91. Water Verve-Mark Van Dale With Enrico
  92. Mr Vain-Culture Beat
  93. Instant Moments-ROOS
  94. No Time To Waste-T-Spoon
  95. I Give My Life-DJ Jean & Peran
  96. Be My Lover-LA Bouche
  97. On The Run-De Bos
  98. Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)-Scatman John
  99. We Like To Party-Vengaboys
  100. The Launch-DJ Jean
  101. Right In The Night-Jam & Spoon
  102. Children-Robert Miles
  103. 7 Days And One Week-BBE
  104. Gouryella-Gouryella
  105. The Nighttrain-Kadoc
  106. Out Of The Blue-System F
  107. Grandmix Of The Millennium-Outro

Album Description

107 track dance compilation featuring some of the biggest hits of the past 25 years from artists like Stock, Aitken, Waterman, Gloria Gaynor, M/A/R/R/S, Lipps Inc., M-People, Snap,Anita Ward, Moby, Dead or Alive, Sash!, Robert Miles and many more. 1999 release. Double standard jewel case.

Album Details

Triple CD Box Mixed by Ben Liebrand (Radio 538 /
101. 2 FM). Very Fine Megamix of 107 Big Hits By: Run Dmc, Ann Lee, Imagination, Earth Wind and Fire, Vengaboys, Pointer Sisters, Phats and Small, Bill Withers, Atb and More.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Grand mix of dance songs from 1975 up to 2000.......2002-03-17

Ben Liebrand is a well-known DJ from my mother country The Netherlands. He became famous as a disc-jockey through his mini-mixes (a mix based on a single song), which played on the Dutch national radio on Friday-evenings. At the end of each year he would make a Grandmix - a mix of the best dance songs of that particular year.

The Grandmix - Millenium Edition consists of 3CDs with the best dance songs from 1975 up to 2000. Each CD has a playtime of about one hour, giving a playtime of about 1.5 minute per song. Since Ben Liebrand's mixing technique is based on BPM (beats-per-minute) and not scratching and sampling, you can enjoy your favorite childhood/teenage dance song. (I better stop here since I am showing my age.)

For people that enjoy these CDs I also recommend the summer edition, which is based on the same principle by the same mastermixer. For fans I recommend Ben Liebrand's website (Liebrand.nl) on which he explains his mixing techniques and equipment used.

5 out of 5 stars Unbelievable!!.......2001-12-01

Each time you listen it's as good as the first. Songs are not overplayed and the mixes are amazing. Buy now before it's too late. I'm sure there were a limited number made. I used to keep many cd's in my car but now I only keep all three Grandmixes. You will enjoy many times over.
20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Eco-Friendly Packaging)
Average customer rating: Not rated
    20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Eco-Friendly Packaging)
    New Edition
    Manufacturer: Geffen Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000MDH8UK
    Release Date: 2007-01-30

    Tracks:

    1. Cool It Now
    2. Mr. Telephone Man
    3. Lost in Love
    4. Count Me Out
    5. Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)
    6. With You All the Way
    7. Earth Angel
    8. If It Isn't Love
    9. Can You Stand the Rain
    10. Hit Me Off
    11. I'm Still in Love With You

    Album Description

    The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

    To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

    UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.
    20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of New Edition
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Another great collection from 20th century
    • Another excellent NE collection!
    20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of New Edition
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    ASIN: B0007TKHZC
    Release Date: 2005-03-22

    Tracks:

    1. Cool It Now
    2. Mr. Telephone Man
    3. Lost in Love
    4. Count Me Out
    5. Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Another great collection from 20th century.......2005-05-21

    This is a fine, concise collection of New Edition's career from the mid-80s to late 90s. All of their big hits are here, including 'Cool It Now', 'If It Isn't Love' and 'I'm Still In Love With You'.

    This is another excellent collection from 20th Century Masters who keep their collections short in length (generally 40 to 60 minutes), but always high in quality.

    5 out of 5 stars Another excellent NE collection!.......2005-04-06

    This was another New Edition compilation I saw, a little different from last year's 70-minute collection, Hits. But this one has 11 songs and is only 44 minutes. I think this is for those who can't get through the longer release or people still hooked onto Backstreet or NSYNC, but needs to know who was doing it first--NE. But this is just as superb, as NE's most familiar hits are represented, from Cool It Now to Telephone Man, to Little Bit of Love, to If It Isn't Love, to Rain to Hit Me Off and I'm Still in Love With You. Fully entertaining in its short span, and the mastering and sounds are so clear on here! You can hear the harmonies on everything. The 20th Century Masters series did a nice job on this group's album and the right 11 songs were chosen!
    Ovo: Millennium +1 (Ltd Edition)
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Millenium hopes
    • OVO/Millennium -- underrated and worth discovering
    • The great "lost" album in PG's career
    • Unexpected and Superb - I reveled in this album.
    • Unexpected and Superb - I reveled in this album.
    Ovo: Millennium +1 (Ltd Edition)
    Peter Gabriel
    Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004TKZO
    Release Date: 2000-06-12

    Tracks:

    1. Low Light
    2. Time of the Turning
    3. Man Who Loved the Earth/The Hand That Sold Shadows
    4. Time of the Turning (Reprise)/The Weavers Reel
    5. Father, Son
    6. Tower That Ate People
    7. Revenge
    8. White Ashes
    9. Downside-Up
    10. Nest That Sailed the Sky
    11. Tree That Went Up
    12. Make Tomorrow

    Amazon.com

    Created for the performance area situated at the center of London's Millennium Dome, Ovo is an ambitious concept piece that attempts to address the stages of human evolution through a family saga. That it fails is not all that surprising, given the project it's associated with. Never one to be intimidated by a concept or a challenge (see Genesis, the early years, or The Last Temptation of Christ), Gabriel may have been the ideal choice for a multicultural, technology-focused show, and his general instincts seem sound. But even Cirque du Soleil, whose work this most resembles, never had to contend with the blending of Gaelic folk and tribal overtones, techno-futuristic soundscapes, gentle ballads, or a sludgy reworking of "Digging in the Dirt," complete with a rapped story line. Though there are some fine, interesting moments here, they're too often lost in the shuffle--which sounds as much like a requiem for the Dome as it does for Ovo. --Randy Silver

    Album Description

    Dutch limited edition version of the artist's soundtrack tothe show he created for the Millenium Dome in London. This special edition includes a bonus CD single, comic book, multimedia tracks, a bonus track and comes packaged in a slipcasewith a standard

    Album Details

    Extremely Limited Edition Exclusive Slipcase Package with Bonus Disc of 'the Story of Ovo' by Neneh Cherry and 'ovo Time Lapse Video' plus Deluxe Color Booklet. Music is from the Millennium Dome Show in London. Guest Vocalists Include Richie Havens Andmore

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Millenium hopes.......2003-08-11

    I ordered this special import thinking it was a live CD of the now legendary millenium show. In case you are harboring similar misconcenptions, it's not live. It's the OVO album with a few extras. It has an OVO rap single (you may or may not like it), a fairly cool color booklet with pictures from the show and some PC extra video from the show--abstract looking aerial shots of show choreography.
    If you already have the standard OVO disc, you won't be getting much new here. It all depends on how serious a collector you are. Fortunately, I hadn't bought OVO yet, so the import, though a little pricey, filled the bill. Unlike some Peter Gabriel fans, I happen to like OVO very much. I think it is one of the most interesting and innovative musical projects he has designed. Hopefully one day he will release a DVD of the show (certainly someone must have filmed it!). It was an historic occasion, apparently a very big show, and many of us Gabriel fans across the world were unable to see it.

    C'mon Peter. Share the fun.

    5 out of 5 stars OVO/Millennium -- underrated and worth discovering.......2002-10-28

    ... Taken in the right light, this underrated set of compositions is worth discovering and should satisfy Gabriel fans who enjoyed Last Temptation or, even more so, Birdy (except that this is all original material).

    It would have been nicer to have Peter take all the lead vocals, given that his voice is one of his best strengths. However, he appears more director than performer in the project, playing and arranging the music rather than being the rock star behind the mic, and his vocal stand-ins, Ritchie Havens and Paul "Blue Nile" Buchanan, are perfect analogs for him. Standout tracks are "Downside Up," " Make Tomorrow," "The Time of the Turning," and the hard-edged "The Tower That Ate People."

    Millennium makes a better listening experience, so I'd start with it if buying it for the first time, but people who already bought OVO don't really need to trade up. Millennium gives a better package (comic book for the kids, cardboard slipcover, different artwork, expanded CD booklet with photos and commentary on the Millennium Dome Show) and improves the playing sequence slightly by adding a brief extra tune, the celebratory marching-band number "The Tree That Went Up," while placing "The Story of OVO" rap on a separate CD single. This also features the same video clip of the Show, scored with "Nest that Sailed the Sky," as that on both versions of the album. The brief time-lapse video can't do the Show justice but is still lovely to watch and the only way most people will ever get to see it.

    OVO/Millennium is great listening, especially once the details of the story are sorted out. The atmospheric, polyrhythmic, mostly instrumental melodies shouldn't be considered a commercial follow-up to Us, but they fit nicely in the sequence of Gabriel's music, continuing his same rough alternation between pop album and non-commercial project.

    4 out of 5 stars The great "lost" album in PG's career.......2002-10-01

    Because it is an import-only soundtrack to an obscure project,
    "Ovo" was completely overlooked in the USA, where most people believe his first studio project since "Us" was the 2002 ambient instrumental soundtrack "The Long Walk Home", and then finally the proper rock/pop followup "Up" which has now just been released. However, like all Gabriel projects "Ovo" is an essential purchase, and one which will delight and surprise in unexpected places. First, although it is the soundtrack to the "Millenium Dome" project, it is not an instrumental work--8 of its 12 cuts feature lyrics and vocals, which would make it the proper studio followup to "Us" (indeed, several of the songs for this and "Long Walk Home" actually derive from the initial sessions for "Up"), the only deviation being that Gabriel chose several other singers to work with him on his songs. Second, it has a narrative storyline, which would be the first time he has attempted such a thing since Genesis' "The Lamb" (or maybe the abandonded late 70s concept "Mozo"). Thus, "Ovo"'s ambitions are indeed quite grand; the amazon[.com] reviewer is right in that it is at times over its head, with bright moments getting lost in a tapestry that may be a little *too* eclectic, but there are more than just a few "OK" songs here.

    The only real regret I have about "Ovo" is that, although I like Paul Buchanan, Richie Havens and Elizabeth Frazer, I think Gabriel should've taken the lead on every track and used them only for backup vocalists. This would have made the album sound more consistent, for his voice is still supreme and these are his songs; they all bear his stamp so vividly that even when someone else is singing, I hear Peter. The songwriting is very strong, the melodies are as melodic and the rhythms as innovative as ever, with all of it reminding one of his past work while pointing to a further evolution of the sound: one
    unexpected feature of the album is that while Gabriel has been particularly fond of Middle Eastern and North African world music elements in his music for nearly two decades now, in the attempt to be truly global for "Ovo"'s millenial aspirations, elements of indigenous Western forms are blended to the mix to
    create a fusion unique to the record but that would then inspire the sound of the following "Up".

    Highlights include the touching minimal piano ballad "Father Son" (which could be on any of his albums), the grindingly energetic and innovative techno-rocker "The Tower That Ate People" (a potential hit if only it had been promoted more), the graceful opening "Low Life", "Downside-Up" (Frazer's best moment here) and the 10 minute (!) closing "Make Tomorrow", an epic which involves all four singers and the kind of atmospheric, multi-sectional writing that would mark "Up". This edition of the CD is better than the other, which opens with a rap rendition of "The Story Of Ovo" that is unnecessary, and is replaced with the innocuous but better-fitting instrumental "The Tree That Went Up". I don't understand the couple of reviewers who charge this album is boring--"Long Walk Home"'s ambient instrumentals may have provoked a snooze or two, but "Ovo" is constantly changing styles, moods and singers, and at least one track ("The Tower That Ate People") ranks with his toughest and most danceable rockers. In short, "Ovo" is a great PG album, and makes a good pair with "Up"; I just wish he had sang all the leads.

    5 out of 5 stars Unexpected and Superb - I reveled in this album........2001-11-07

    I think that the true measure an album's greatness is how often I listen to it and how many tracks I skip over. I bought this album online from RealWorld overseas, the day it became available. I have listened to it countless times in the months since then (over a year now, I think). I never tire of it and I never skip tracks.

    It's not all Gabriel. He appears on several tracks but not all of them. This is very much a group effort. He has chosen a group of singers each of whose voices is immedately distinctive and beautiful, yet all of whom fit in perfectly with his of music. Paul Buchanan, Elisabeth Fraser, Richie Havens, Alison Goldfrapp, and others.

    Gabriel did write all the music and lyrics on the album and it shows. From the soft opening notes of "Low Light" (I still want to know what those Gaelic lyrics mean!) until the closing chorus of "Make Tomorrow" this album is Pure Gabriel. In my opinion, it's the best work he's done since "Passion". It's not quite the collection of singles that "So" was nor does it evoke the atmosphere of "Passion". Still it is super. This album is sometimes catchy and melodic, other times moody, but always superb.

    If you liked "So", if you absolutely loved "Passion", I think you will love "Ovo" as well. To me, those three albums represent the peaks of Peter Gabriel's solo career.

    By the way, prefer THIS version of the album (the limited edition version with the red and blue "tower" cover), over the American version (the one with the green cover). This version has an extra track and wisely dispenses with "The Story Of Ovo" track (and relegates a terrible rap version of it to a separate disc where it belongs). It's the only bad thing about the American version.

    5 out of 5 stars Unexpected and Superb - I reveled in this album........2001-11-07

    I think that the true measure an album's greatness is how often I listen to it and how many tracks I skip over. I bought this album online from RealWorld overseas, the day it became available. I have listened to it countless times in the months since then (over a year now, I think). I never tire of it and I never skip tracks.

    It's not all Gabriel. He appears on several tracks but not all of them. This is very much a group effort. He has chosen a group of singers each of whose voices is immedately distinctive and beautiful, yet all of whom fit in perfectly with his of music. Paul Buchanan, Elisabeth Fraser, Richie Havens, Alison Goldfrapp, and others.

    He did write all the music and lyrics on the album and it shows. From the soft opening notes of "Low Light" (I still want to know what those Gaelic lyrics mean!) until the closing chorus of "Make Tomorrow" this album is Pure Gabriel. In my opinion, it's the best work he's done since "Passion".

    If you liked "So", if you absolutely loved "Passion", I think you will love "Ovo" as well. To me, those three albums represent the peaks of Peter Gabriel's solo career.

    By the way, prefer THIS version of the album (the limited edition version with the red and blue "tower" cover), over the American version (the one with the green cover). This version has an extra track and wisely relegates the hip-hop-ish "The Story Of Ovo" track to a separate disc where it belongs. It's the only bad thing about the American version.
    Flicker Like a Candle (Millennium Edition)
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      Flicker Like a Candle (Millennium Edition)

      Manufacturer: WTII Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0002Z9UH2
      Release Date: 2004-07-01

      Tracks:

      1. The Mercy Seat
      2. Heretic II (Visionary)
      3. Metatron
      4. The Mercy Seat (Agendacide Remix by Attrition)
      5. Heretic I (Inquisition)
      6. The Surgeon
      7. Hardwire (A New Form of Beauty)
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      9. Aussicht Vom Rande der Nacht
      10. Terminal State
      11. Flicker Like a Candle

      Album Description

      The long awaited domestic release of Stromkern's 1997 debut Flicker Like a Candle. This is the reissue of the Millennium edition of this album which was actually released in 2000 and includes all of the tracks found on the original Flicker Like a Candle plus four additional tracks that were added for the Millennium release. Flicker Like a Candle features the international club hits "Heretic" and "Mercy Seat" which set the tone for the Stromkern of the future.
      Millennium Edition
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Very Early Stevie
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      Stevie Wonder
      Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00004DTPJ
      Release Date: 2000-05-09

      Tracks:

      1. Uptight (Everything's Alright)
      2. Respect
      3. I Was Made to Love Her
      4. My Girl
      5. Travelin' Man
      6. You Met Your Match
      7. You and Me
      8. Give Your Love
      9. Ain't That Love
      10. Don't You Know
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      12. My Baby's Gone
      13. Love a Go-Go
      14. Nothing's Too Good for My Baby
      15. Contract on Love
      16. Fool for Me
      17. Light My Fire
      18. At Last

      Album Details

      European Exclusive 18 Track Remastered Collection.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Very Early Stevie.......2000-09-12

      this is the Early 60's.before he found his 70's Signature Sound.Uptight is a Jam.I was Made to Love Her is also a Gem.this is more of a collection of 60's Material but still some Classic Stevie Here.
      Millennium Edition
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Good Starter Album
      • Import version of Liza's "Foursider"
      • Supercharged LiZa
      • money, money
      Millennium Edition
      Liza Minnelli
      Manufacturer: Inter
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00003W85A
      Release Date: 1999-12-28

      Tracks:

      1. Introduction
      2. Everybody's Talking/Good Morning Starshine
      3. Liza (With a "Z")
      4. I Will Wait for You
      5. Cabaret
      6. Man I Love
      7. Love Story
      8. Married
      9. You'd Better Sit Down Kids
      10. Leavin' on a Jet Plane
      11. Come Saturday Morning
      12. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)
      13. Lazy Bones
      14. Come Rain or Come Shine
      15. My Mammy
      16. Waiting for My Friend
      17. MacArthur Park/Didn't We
      18. Maybe This Time
      19. God Bless the Child

      Album Details

      Digitally remastered. New artwork; gold foil print.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Good Starter Album.......2004-08-13

      This is a good album for any beginner who wants a taste of Liza. It shows many sides to her beautiful voice and emotional interpretation of songs.

      4 out of 5 stars Import version of Liza's "Foursider".......2002-12-26

      For anyone mourning the demise of Liza's A&M "Foursider" package, here it is with a new look! It's a this-'n-that compilation of her work for the label, including Liza's wonderful live version of "Everybody's Talkin'"(from the "Olympia" concert album), the heart-melting "Waiting For My Friend", "Come Saturday Morning" from 'Sterile Cuckoo'(sung in character as Pookie Adams), the pithy "Love Story", and a lovely, sentimental reading of "Leavin' On A Jet Plane". A worthy collection for all us vinyl die-hards.

      5 out of 5 stars Supercharged LiZa.......2000-06-03

      This is one of Minelli's BEST albums,full of energy like we all know her,she's the female Sinatra at it's best. Wonderfull music like only Liza can bring I caught her show at Bally's hotel in Las Vegas,and was very impressed to see her live Anyone who loves LIZA,get your hands on this album before it runs out of stock!

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      5 out of 5 stars money, money.......2000-03-12

      i love the song especially in the movie version where liza and joel grey fantastically performed this song.

      because of the effect it had on me- all those years, i would like to use this soundtrack as the fitting theme song for our forthcoming management conference, themed: make much more money.

      it's a real classic! it's fantastic! superb! what more can i say...
      Millennium Edition
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • High quality selection of hits and album tracks
      Millennium Edition
      ABBA
      Manufacturer: Umvd Import
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00004DTPN
      Release Date: 2000-05-02

      Tracks:

      1. Thank You for the Music
      2. Winner Takes It All
      3. Fernando
      4. One of Us
      5. Angeleyes
      6. Day Before You Came
      7. Eagle
      8. So Long
      9. Why Did It Have to Be Me?
      10. Ring Ring
      11. Way Old Friends Do
      12. Slipping Through My Fingers
      13. Hasta Ma
      14. Our Last Summer
      15. My Love, My Life
      16. If It Wasn't for the Nights
      17. People Need Love
      18. Happy New Year

      Album Details

      Digitally Remastered New 2000 Euro Exclusive Collection.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars High quality selection of hits and album tracks.......2003-09-24

      This mid-price album was (presumably) designed to appeal to casual record buyers who want some Abba music but don't want to pay full price for a greatest hits package. There are hits here, of course, but there are also some very fine album tracks that could so easily have been hits had they been released as singles. This album covers the whole of their career.

      People need love pre-dates the recognized Abba line-up, as it features Benny, Bjorn and a female singer who has slipped back into obscurity. Ring ring was their first major recording. It failed to get Abba the Swedish nomination for Eurovision 1973 but it was a big hit in Sweden, Australia and some other countries. It was a hit in Britain, but only after Abba had established their reputation by winning Eurovision 1974 with Waterloo (not included here). The last new Abba single, Day before you came, is one of my favorite Abba songs. It was only a minor hit but would have been a much bigger hit if Abba had still been at their peak. Angel-eyes was one half of a double-sided hit that also featured Voulez-vous (not included here). Three other outstanding Abba hits -Winner takes it all, Fernando and One of us - are also featured.

      Thank you for the music is a brilliant song that was not released as a single until Abba had broken up. Eagle, from the same original album, was released as a single in some countries but not the UK, where it would surely have been a huge hit. So long was not a UK hit but I believe it was a hit in some countries. The remainder of this collection is made of great album tracks. All of them are good enough to have been hits but none were released as singles in Britain or America and I've not heard of them being hits anywhere else.

      So this is a great collection of big hits, minor hits and album tracks. All the songs here can be found elsewhere so Abba fans do not need this, though some (like me) may opt to buy it anyway just because it is so well compiled. This is a great introduction to Abba's music for the uncommitted, who will discover that there's a lot more to Abba than just the hits.

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