Coming Home

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Kate Royce is a refreshing change to the cookie cutter artists in Christian music. Kate shares her relaxing style at retreats and conventions as well as special services where a softer approach to honoring God is desired. Kate has been listening to God's desire for her by writing lyrics that deal with life's many questions and our need for answers. She always allows God to lead her in His will as she writes the feelings of her heart. Often compared to a vocal style similar to Anne Murray and Karen Carpenter, Kate brings her mezzo alto vocals to you with gentle and soothing songs.

Album Description
As an independent artist, Kate Royce has been making an impact on the hearts of her listeners for many years. As a singer/ songwriter, Kate's lyrics are straightforward, inviting the listener to assess where you are in your faith walk, and inspires you to come into a closer union with God's grace. This CD is professionally produced to recreate the intimate and quiet style that Kate is known for. Accompanied by her acoustic guitar, Kate will bring you to a place of reflection and contemplation. Equally inspiring for the new believer as well as one seeking to deepen their relationship with Christ, this relaxing and mellow project will quickly become one of your favorite "time out" CD's.

Tracks:

I Call It Love
Sweet Vacation
Why
What You Are
Up All Night
I'm Coming Home
All Around The World
Out Of My Head
Reason To Believe
Stand Down
I Love You

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Leave the daddy-daughter dynamics for People magazine to dissect, but one thing's for sure: with Coming Home, Lionel Richie may divebomb the spotlight so completely that daughter Nicole ends up a shadowy speck in the celebrity haze. Unlike virtually every other high-profile R&B record to arrive in recent years, Coming Home resists the temptation to lean back, even a little, on its dazzled-up list of collaborators, Jermaine Dupri, Raphael Saadiq, and Dallas Austin among them. Hot beats abound, especially on the dancefloor-ready "Up All Night," first single "I Call it Love," and "Why," but the overall vibe is pure Lionel, from the Commodores-esque "What You Are" to the "Penny Lover"-like prettiness of "Coming Home," to the wavy steel-guitar-laced lament that is "Outta My Head." Here are hooks that sink in instantly and vocals that float as if grafted to a bar of Ivory soap. Here, too, is a record unafraid of reaching artistically; if 2004's Just For You was dominated by classy but predictable ballads, Coming Home represents Mr. Richie as the trailblazing musical titan generations of fans fell in love by. Turn the volume up to 11 and make room on the couch--a hotter homecoming won't happen this year. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Simply Wonderful!.......2007-06-21

I received this cd as a gift from an uncle. I've heard many of Lionel Richie's song over the years. But, I have never owned one of his cds. My initial thought was that I could not possibly have the same musical interests as my middle-aged relative. I now realize that real music transcends age. I love this cd! I play it all the way through... My favorites are "I'm Coming Home" and "Why". Sorry I ever doubted my uncle's recommendation!

Not perfect, but pretty close.......2007-06-16

I have to admit, I was initially interested in this cd because of "I Call It Love". That song would have been enough but when I previewed the rest of the songs, it definitely put it over the edge for me. There are only a couple of songs that I don't like as much as the rest ("I Love You" and "All Around the World"), but I never expect to love every song on an album, so I wasn't disappointed.

The whole cd is really solid, and I don't feel the need to skip any tracks on it. Definitely as close to perfect as most albums ever get.

Coming Home.......2007-05-28

This is the first Lionel Richie album I've bought in a long time and I bought it because of how much I enjoy the lead single, I CALL IT LOVE -although listening to it with headphones, the production & backing vocals kind of drown Lionel out it was still nice to see him chart again with such a pleasant mid tempo song.

The other tracks that I really enjoy are: SWEET VACATION; WHAT YOU ARE; I LOVE YOU; OUT OF MY HEAD & UP ALL NIGHT.

I think that the producers Lionel worked with successfully managed to contemporize songs without totally selling out his image by having guest rappers on the track to appeal to a much younger crowd. Overall I was very pleasantly surprised by the number of tracks I did like and would recommend this disc to Lionel's fans.

Old school R&B back in the hizzouse........2007-05-22

This is a very good CD. I like every cut. Lyrically and rhythmically; this CD is a solid product.

Outstanding.......2007-05-19

Lionel Richie has come back strong. His new album, "Coming Home" is very, very well put. He's letting everyone know that he is back. I hope to see more of his music come to light.

Cheryl

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Keep on Keeping On
I saw them live.
Awesome!!!
New Found Glory Continues
An adult who likes adult music.

Coming Home
New Found Glory
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H7JDX6
Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

Oxygen
Hold My Hand
It's Not Your Fault
On My Mind
Coming Home
Make Your Move
Taken Back By You
Too Good To Be
Love And Pain
Familiar Landscapes
When I Die
Connected
Boulders

Album Description

In the early days, when success was still a pipe dream, guitarist Chad Gilbert had to drop out of high school to focus on the band. Drummer Cyrus Bolooki, turned down a scholarship and a chance to follow in the footsteps of his father, who performed the first heart transplant in Florida. All the New Found Glory band members had to make sacrifices along the way to make their dream a reality. All this comes to mind on a recent sunny summer afternoon in San Diego when singer Jordan Pundik confidently calls their fifth album "the one that will stand the test of time." And then again a few days later when Gilbert declares, "We've never been happier with any other record."

"Coming Home" was even written differently. Rather than the usual tour bus and dressing room pow-wows, the band moved into a house together in Malibu called Morning View (where Incubus famously recorded their album of that name), where they sat around the living room and wrote the best songs of their lives. With Paul Miner of Death By Stereo and Warren Fitzgerald of the Vandals and Gwen Stefani's band overseeing the demos, it was like music camp, with a mission.

It only takes one listen to figure out the album opener "Oxygen" is about not being able to breathe without that special person. And the first single, "It's Not Your Fault," capturing the essence of young love and heartbreak with lyrics like, "There were rapid statements about life commitments, A Sense Of Heat, That I Couldn't Bare To Touch…"

Even the album's most poignant moment, and the one song not all about the girls, has a simple message. On the guitar-driven epic "When I Die," Gilbert addresses the 2004 death of his father. "There are always songs about death that are really sad, and this is an uplifting song that gives me strength."

When it came time to record, the band met with all the usual suspects, but decided on producer Thom Panunzio, an A&R veteran at Geffen who has recorded some of the biggest names in music history. "Because he's worked with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan, he brought this classic vibe to it, especially with the tones he got," Pundik says. "We learned we don't have to double-up 15 Mesa cabinets and make it all distorted to make it sound big."

Customer Reviews:

Keep on Keeping On.......2007-05-24

NFG only gets better. I didn't think they could top Sticks and Stones but they did it.
I adore everything New Found Glory, however if you're touchy about the pitch of a singer's voice, maybe listen to a sample before impulse buying.
Big music without a lot of indistinguishable noise. Great album.

I saw them live........2007-04-12

And I was hooked.
End of story.
This album is a must have.

Awesome!!!.......2007-02-10

This was avery surprising album for NFG. It mixes pop, punk, and other influences to create very strong, dynamic songs. All songs are good on this album and it is probably my favorite NFG album. A great album. BUY IT!!!!

New Found Glory Continues.......2006-12-16

It would seem that New Found Glory continues to produce catchy pop-punk music but with a "more mature sound". I actual enjoy the "younger" New Found Glory sound with overdriven guitars and catchy choruses. The constant theme that seems to drive New Found Glory is relationships, the make-ups and break-ups. I can't put this record at the top of my list, however. So far, my favorite album is their self-titled. If I were to introduce NFG to a friend, that would be the first record I would turn to. Songs like "Dressed to Kill", "Hit or Miss", and "Sucker" embody what NFG grew from (in my opinion).

On Coming Home, expect some of the same NFG sound. Songs like "Hold my Hand" and "Oxygen" are good openers for the album. They are able to pull the listener in. I rate both high. The album continues strong with their single "It's not your fault", "On my mind", and "Coming Home".

Funny...all of which deal with...relationships. After those five, the album starts to struggle.

"Love and Pain", as well as "Connected" are in the NFG style. "When I Die" would have been a great track finisher but instead they chose "Boulders"--a slow ballad type song.

If you find them, "Over me", "Make it Right", "Golden", and "It's all around you" all should have made the album. They are more happy and upbeat than the chosen middle tracks.

I am not disappointed in the album, but it is not my favorite. I support NFG fully, and I am very big fan. However; I hope the 6th full length record will have more marketability.

An adult who likes adult music........2006-12-14

Most reviews come from kids that just do what ever they can do to sound cool and make believe to them selves that they are hardcore...hardcore does not really exist anymore and that's ok. I like music...from Jim Brickman to Nirvana to Slayer to the Ramones and so on. This is a great CD a grown up CD. Just let the poppy punks grow up and you can grow with them...just ad water.

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Wonderful!
Welcome Home!. . .

Coming Home
Ras Shiloh
Manufacturer: Vp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P289F6
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

We Need More Love
Let the People Voice Be Heard
Give a Little Love
What You Have Done
The New Rising Day
Need Your Love
Are You Lonely
Volume Of the Book
It Will Be Over
Rebel With a Cause
Coming Home
Come Down Jah Jah
All What Ah Go On
Voice Of the People
Waste My Time
All Of Me

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2007-06-07

I've enjoyed all of Ras Shiloh's previous CDs but this new release is his best yet. He is reminiscent of Garnett Silk but has a wonderful style all his own. Since I received it, I can't stop listening. I agree with Achis (by the way, I LOVE your reviews - keep it up), this one is MASSIVE. Definitely don't pass this one up!

Welcome Home!. . ........2007-05-22

It was nearly thirteen years ago when one of the greatest sons in the deep history of reggae music lost his life tragically in a fire at his home. Garnett Silk was just 28 years old and seemed poised to potentially return roots reggae music to the once dominant status it had once maintained both in Jamaica and abroad. Many had even saw fit to deem the Manchester native the next Bob Marley and many international labels had shown a grand interest in the singer whose music had made him quite simply one of the most popular and one of the most powerful people on the island. Although Silk's time at the top was very very brief, he made a contribution to which reggae music is still rather indirectly pay homage, as was the case with Marley before him, Silk's death almost immediately led to the `search' for the next Garnett Silk. While his place as the dominant roots reggae singer has fallen into the well capable hands of fellow Manchester native Luciano, who I'm sure Silk would be happy with as he has taken the role and not only become a great artist, great performer and great overall ambassador for reggae music but has become somewhat of the roots conscience of all of reggae; establishing a reputation for class and decency all throughout the music. There have been others still, Everton Blender, one of Silk's best friends has remained an active and very popular roots singer throughout his career and then names such as Jr. Reid, Mykal Rose, Prince Malachi and Jahmali have come and achieved a great deal of respect both locally and internationally. The currently emerging generation of young singers however, have shown the greatest results of Silk's efforts as many of them not only carry some of the same traits of the fallen singer, but list him as one of the most inspiring figures in their careers. Obviously true, should a singer of an age 20-30 emerge now, he spent at least the first half of his childhood listening to Garnett Silk's music. Thus, names like Warrior King, I-Wayne and Gyptian now coming to prominence is indirectly a large up to Silk, and all hold such a righteous stature that the late singer would definitely be proud (and the beautiful beautiful combinations we could have were Mr Silk still around physically!). With the current lovely swing towards the more rootical side of reggae becoming just as popular as its dancehall side both locally and in foreign, expect to see many more championing the vibes of Garnett Silk.

My choice to fill that role is definitely I-Wayne. Silk's style was definitely far ahead of his time and even still he made such a great impact. The same could perhaps be said for the slight Portmore native who words and actions since breaking through have seemed downright strange at times, and although he is far more hot tempered than Silk was, he sings a style of militant roots which not only demands respect, but expects it, yet at the same time is able to fall back and sing a killing lovers tune or simple track at any time. For Warrior King's case, his style right now actually is quite akin to Silk (and that track! With King and Silk with a chanter, say Fantan Mojah, would have been a blessing!) and young Gyptian still has so far to go before what he truly is has been revealed to the masses but he'll certainly, later in his career, have the opportunity to be reggae's leading singer. However, all of that being said, without a doubt the man who has taken the actual vibes of Garnett Silk and built his career around them as his foundation is the NYC born and based Ras Shiloh. The singer, who'll chant it from the highest mountain given the opportunity that he is inspired by Silk, has a rather unusual place within the reggae community. Throughout his career, Ras Shiloh has taken long periods of inactivity (at least in terms of being on the radio and play lists in Jamaica), even still, his popularity has yet to wane even in the slightest degrees and he is routinely present on some of the larger cultural shows on the island and his big big tunes (of course most notably Are You Satisfied) are appreciated as strongly as ever.

Shiloh's style is simply Garnett Silk's style and its most interesting because all the combinations and songs Silk might have made or could have made, we have Shiloh toiling along his way, making a big name and creating the same vibes we may have heard from Silk himself. I can't count how many times I've played a Shiloh song for a friend or an acquaintance only to get the response, "You have new Silk?", not only the styles but the way they both carry themselves are very similar. While Shiloh hasn't garnered on the many of the praise which was shown to Silk, he hasn't exactly been the odd man out. Along with Chuck Fender over the past half decade probably no foreign born artist has received more laude than has Shiloh, being definitely respected amongst fans and people in the industry as well. To date, he has been a favorite of Penthouse head Donovan Germain (who also favored Jahmali and has worked with Warrior King as well), one of the legendary producers, particularly in the dancehall arena, but the two have come together to push some of the highest quality material anyone has ever heard from Shiloh. His previous album, that downright MASSIVE From Rasta to You came from Penthouse Studios to fine fine acclaim, however, it was 2002 when that album dropped, and despite being one of his most popular to date (and his third overall) it would be five years before Shiloh would give us another.

Enter Coming Home. With, surprisingly, the production here being done by the equally legendary (perhaps even more so) Bobby Digital. The pair, on paper at least, seems a winning one as Digital brings nothing less than two epic Sizzla albums (Da Real Thing and of course the perfect Black Woman & Child) highlighting his roots catalog (even though Calibud did most of the work) and armed with a vault full of roots riddims, the two should do quite well. Coming Home is a wonderfully executed album which easily shoots to the head of the class as one of the, if not THE best reggae album of 2007 so far. Its almost frustrating, considering the level of album that was From Rasta to You a half decade ago and now picking up here, there should have been two more nice Shiloh albums on the shelves for the masses, and yet Coming Home was well well worth the wait. The completely roots set is a wonderful gem of modern roots and from beginning to end never misses a beat and never fails on one of its sixteen selections. Shiloh himself has not changed much in the time apparently, his voice is still as strong and yet just as far from overbearing as ever, channeling, nearly directly the spirit of Garnett Silk through his vibes, and I'd go as far as to say that he has even outdone himself from the From Rasta to You album as Coming Home is just as consistent, but offers even more in terms of spectacular material at the top. As a point maker, just plop the cd in and press play, the first song you'll hear, We Need More Love is easily amongst the album's finest and gets Coming Home set off on a wonderful foot and the rest of the album even still holds true to those vibes.

Somewhere in the middle of Coming Home you might lose your point, however, as most great roots pieces, it has somewhat of a lover's feel to it and while it certainly is nowhere near dancehall, the most seasoned of soundmen could definitely find a place for it in any dance, it truly covers the lover's area finely, without even trying. Perhaps that is due to Shiloh noticeable improvement in certain areas. While not much has changed in the half decade since we last hear from him, Ras Shiloh has definitely become a more complete writer and that's not to say that he was poor at the skill from before, but Coming Home shows that he was completely focused on putting forth his best effort and there are some nice nice meditations on the album. I'd go as far as to say that he joins the upper echelons as far as writers as singers go, joining the likes of Luciano, I-Wayne and even Jah Cure now with this effort. As usual, he reaches no tough spots with his vocals, despite having Silk's very unusual vocalizing style (which even comes off as vocoder effect at times but definitely is not) his voice has an underlying strength and substance to it which not many other singers can claim.

Among biggest things about Coming Home are the several very well done combinations Ras Shiloh has. The first, Let the People Voice Be Heard with Morgan Heritage is one of the best as it works on absolutely every level, and Shiloh more than holds his own with the group. Aside from the combination aspect, it is amongst the album's best overall as well. The second combination is a bit more unusual as it features Shiloh with Portmore chanter Bascom X on the excellent New Rising Day. The song took a minute to grow on me, despite being backed with one of the strongest and most lovely one drops Coming Home has to offer and being one of the songs here that just hit a spot in you and make you feel good, its very lovely vibe the unlikely pair creates on the tune (now if VP just kept Bascom in studio and pulled an album from him, wouldn't that be nice for later this year). The final combination on Coming Home and the one which I'm calling the best is It Will Be Over with man of the moment, Guyanese chanter Natural Black. The song actually reminds me slightly of the MASSIVE tune Nuh Build Great Men from Fantan Mojah and Jah Cure and it works completely! Definitely one of the album's best offerings and actually nice since Black is flooding the place with nice albums and this is a combination that is best appreciated on this album.

When Shiloh takes off on his own for the balance of the album he definitely does himself proud with all tunes having fight for second when compared to the absolutely MAMMOTH Volume of the Book. Volume of the Book sounds directly like something Silk himself may have sung in his time, and wherever he is, be sure he has the tune playing on his racks (and I'm sure he has playing the divine Rastaman in the Hills, a HUGE track from Shiloh which wasn't included here shockingly). Volume of the Book is huge and for all roots fans definitely something you need to hear, and does nicely as one of the more uptempo and vibrant tunes here, Shiloh shows his absolute best on the tune. Also, as it directly proceeds It Will Be Over, it makes for one of the best stretches of tracks on the album. Following those two tracks still is the excellent Rebel With a Cause which channels an older Shiloh vibe with using `Babylon Yuh Doom' as a punch line at times. Again, the track is one of the songs that just make you feel good through it, definitely one of the biggest vibes overall.

Check Shiloh's take on the lovely Come Down Jah Jah. The song, I love in just about any form (most famously to my knowledge it was done by Luciano) and it is just a wonderful song, definitely one suiting to Shiloh's style of making music. Check the closer All of Me, in a pure lover's style of a classic riddim, makes you want to grab your woman by the waist and hit the hit the dance floor but very nice and easy, and Shiloh, again very lyrically strong, paints a very nice picture on the tune. Check the downright excellent What Have You Done, catch a very nice vibes from that one over the very Marley-esque riddim, but even still, is a very nice song on its own merits. And lastly you definitely need to check Ah What a Gwan, probably the best pure conscious track on Coming Home altogether.

Overall, Coming Home is one of the two best reggae albums I've heard all year (with the other being Tony Rebel's I-Rebel), yes its that strong, had it come last year, it might have even given the epochal Phantom War by Lutan Fyah a run for its money, Coming Home is HUGE! Recommended to all established roots fans and of course fans of Shiloh who probably woke up this morning and headed out to pick this one up. Newer fans, don't even approach it, picking up From Rasta to You or one of Shiloh's earlier albums will make this one even more open to your ears. But when you reach the level of becoming a fan, by all means pick this one up. MASSIVE! GO GET IT!

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Coming Home Again
Elliott Murphy
Manufacturer: Last Call Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Goes beyond the Blues
Come Home

Coming Home
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges
Manufacturer: Armadillo Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007ZT2LQ
Release Date: 2005-06-14

Tracks:

I'm Going Back
Giving Up on Love
In Your Arms Tonight
Coming Home
I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me
Love Me Right
Railroad Line
How Can I Win?
I Need You
You're the One
Real Hero
I Woke Up This Morning

Customer Reviews:

Goes beyond the Blues.......2007-03-27

I am not a Blues fan -- so this disc (and the artist) is especially exciting for me. I stumbled onto Hideaway on XM radio. I actually pulled the car over to write down the artist and song. When I got home I ordered all his discs. This is the best one. He shows a range of talent, from gut-wrenching old-fashioned blues like "I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me" to a James Taylor-like ballad "I Need You," to a 50's style rock n'roll ballad "In Your Arms Tonight." This range is more remarkable in that he wrote all the songs. The band is good, with really fine B3 work. The recording is good too -- it will move your subwoofer. I don't know how a hard core blues fan would react to this disc, but for a generalist this is a great way to discover the charm and power of a modern blues singer. His earlier disc, "Jump the Joint," is more traditional, but it's also a great set of songs.
Why did I decide to give this disc five stars? Because I can't stop listening to it!

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Come Home.......2005-08-08

I saw Eugene Bridges at the 2005 Pocono Blues Festival and he was sensational. I wish that hour was tripled. He largely lives, plays and tours in Europe, so we don't get a chance to see him much in the U.S. It's a shame, too. I purchased this cd because the band he was playing with at Pocono was on the cd and he played most of the cd live. Just flat out great blues, super voice, excellent guitar work. I can't say enough about the cd except I am buying his other two.

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Disappointing
Time Janis as usual

Coming Home
Tim Janis
Manufacturer: Tim Janis Ensemble
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007XYTLQ
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

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Where My Heart Is
Softly To The Sea
Mantles Of Gold (Piano Reprise)
Coming Home
Bathed In Moonlight
The Fallen Leaves Of Autumn (Piano Reprise)
One Golden Moment
Silent Glides The Moon
The Edge Of September (Piano Reprise)
Unbroken Solitude
Open Spaces
In Quiet Fields (Piano Reprise)
Clearer The Stars Never Shone

Product Description

audio cd; 14 tracks

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-05-25

I have many Tim Janis CDs. This one didn't have any songs that really stood out. They all had a sameness about them--just more of the Tim Janis style but nothing noteworthy.

Time Janis as usual.......2005-07-30

Beautiful and uplifting music from a supertalented person. Love it. Thank you Tim.

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Home Is Where The Heart Is
Disappointing
Great vocalist crippled by production
easternmusiclover
Truly Special

Coming Home
Yungchen Lhamo
Manufacturer: Real World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Tibet | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music

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Release Date: 1998-10-20

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Coming Home

Amazon.com's Best of 1998

Make no mistake: Yungchen Lhamo's second RealWorld album, Coming Home--dedicated to His Holiness the Dalai Lama--is deeply personal, political, and powerful. With Hector Zazou producing and, for the first time, orchestral accompaniment, the Tibetan exile's music takes on the intangible spaciness of world-groove trance dance tracks. The lyrics, however, are firmly rooted in messages of the heart and the importance of home, to which Lhamo hopes to return. --Cristina Del Sesto

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Yungchen Lhamo's second album for RealWorld is an intriguing and sometimes difficult work. Boldly moving away from the solo voice that dominated her first CD, she and producer Hector Zazou have constructed a complex set of songs that range from ritual to pop, utilizing semiclassical strings along with electric and acoustic guitar, with a very light touch of electronic ambiance. Zazou has an incredible ability to create dense layers of sound that never interfere with the central character of a piece--in this case the wide-ranging vocals of Tibetan singer Lhamo. The sounds gently usurp other cultures, with many musical references to India and China at the forefront, but jazz and European folk enter into the scheme, too. Perhaps one of the key pieces is "Heart," with an almost surreal Finnish kantele (zither) linked to the sky by some indefinable drones and terse violin lines. There are some clichéd jazz guitar lines here and there, and the occasional drift into New Age "mood" music, but these elements survive because we are presented with a voice of such distinct character and grace. Lhamo is a singer of beauty and control, and Zazou has found a setting for Lhamo's voice that surpasses expectation. --Louis Gibson

Customer Reviews:

Home Is Where The Heart Is.......2006-10-29

Peter Gabriel's Real World enterprise has thrown up some marvels to world audiences.Yungchen Lhamo is a voice the world needs and may easily have been denied: and the biographical data is carried in the songs of'Coming Home', a quietly moving document. In this instance, the expatriate's loss of a home, is our gain. I'm reminded of Reen Kelani's awesomely poignant,'Sprinting Gazelle' for these reasons. This is simpler musical fare, but none the less effective. Lhamo has written historically, peronally and of her buddhist spiritual life. The Tuvan throat lads guest with complementary sweetness given their approximation to Tibetan temple chanting. The Real World maestros have stood back to allow Lhamos the spotlight:a bit of Gabriellesque droning, but thankfully light on his operatic flourishes.

Disappointing.......2005-05-17

Sounds more Chinese than Tibetan, and too polished, amateur Enya. I like Choying Drolma much more; she feels more sincere.

Great vocalist crippled by production.......2005-05-14

Yungchen Lhamo is worth 5 stars anytime. Unfortunately, I can only imagine how it would be if she were backed up by equally talented production. Or, I won't need to imagine - listening to Dorje-Den from "Tibet Tibet" gives a very good idea.

Unfortunately this incredible singer caught the eye of some new-ageish producer, who applied a standard formula to westernize music they judge too exotic to the $ holding westeners. I can almost see a major gym-chain yoga class realaxing to this album, that's how bad this lifeless and sterile production is.

As I listened to this CD, I came to think of the portable cassetterecorders of the 80's, with karaoke mode, so you could tune down the vocals. I found myself hoping the have the reverse, where I could tune down the elevatormusic playing on the background so that I could instead focus on some of the finest singing this planet has produced.

easternmusiclover.......2001-07-18

Yungchen Lhamo is exquisite. A miraculous voice of such expression that words do not convey the beauty of it. This album has gorgeous songs on it, without doubt. I give it only four stars due to the heavy popflavored tacky production and accompaniment. Why could we have not had someone senstive to the acoustic possibilities of this marvelous voice and esthetic arrange this album. It has ruined most of the songs for me. Too heavy, too western, too slanted toward making a buck at the expense of this natural wondrous woman.

Truly Special.......2000-04-08

This is a cd that won't disappoint anyone that loves a good voice (phenomenal voice), deeply moving music, and, a very good technical recording to enhance the whole experience. Being Tibetan, Yungchen Llamo will shock new listeners with a crystal clear, spiritually powerful voice that is uncommon in western music. It is music worth owning.

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Authenric Music with traditional instruments.
Living history

Music of the Civil War
Americus Brass Band , B. Holmes , W.L. Hobbs , Hosea Ripley , Walter Kittridge , D.L. Downing , George Frederick Root , Gioachino Rossini , Anonymous , James P. Carrell , W.K. Batchelder , C.V. Wallace , Henry Russell , Patrick S. Gilmore , Stephen Foster , Daniel Decatur Emmett , and Giacomo Meyerbeer
Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000038IY
Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

When The Cruel War Is Over - Hoist Up The Flag Quick Step
Americus Quick Step
Fireman's Polka
Tenting On The Old Camp Ground
Dixie's Land Medley Quick Step
Battle Cry Of Freedom - Kingdom Coming Quick Step
Excerpt From William Tell
Sumter Light Guard March
Bonnie Eloise Quick Step
Amazing Grace
Glory Hallelujah Grand March
Scenes That Are Brightest - In Happy Moments Quick Step
Kazoodie Ko Whirl Overture
Woodman, Spare That Tree
Fireman's Quick Step
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Civil War Folk Song Medley: Oh, Suzanna, Garry Owen, Jordan Am A Hard Road, Bonnie Blue Flag, The Girl I Left Behind Me
Coronation March

Customer Reviews:

Authenric Music with traditional instruments........2000-09-17

For those of you who enjoy the music, as it was sung and played during the Civil War, this recording is a "must!" J.A. McA.

Living history.......1999-07-31

So shoot me. I like bagpipe music and I like fife and drum recordings and I like brass bands. Recently cruisin' the Internet brought me to the website of a company called Summit Records out in Arizona; and my eye was caught by the title (DCD 126) with a group calling itself The Americus Brass Band. I obtained a copy post haste and I want to all to know about it with equal rapidity. There is just short of 55 minutes of Civil War tunes played in a style that is "historically accurate, right down to the high military pitch and the clicking of the rotary valves on the original antique instruments employed" (as the notes tell us). The history of the band is available in those notes, so let me just dwell on the "music that still produces feelings of humor, joy, sadness, and patriotic pride." Well, what music does not produce at least one of those?--and I am not entirely sure there was anything about the Civil War of which we on either side should be particularly proud. But Sing a Song of Suffering seems to be an eternal way of making the best of a rotten situation during war time; and this CD is replete with such memories as "Tenting Tonight," "Amazing Grace," "Woodman, Spare That Tree," and even a little bit of the "William Tell Overture" and a Meyerbeer opera! In short, this is not the expected line up of soldier songs but selections that are "typical of that which might have been played by a group such as the Americus Brass band." I love it. Give it a try, please.

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Solid release...they brought it home this time
one of my favorites
Typical Lonestar
Lonestar's greatest album!!!
Coming Home IS Like Coming Home

Coming Home
Lonestar
Manufacturer: Bna Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AA3066
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

You're Like Comin' Home
Doghouse
I Am A Man
I'll Die Tryin'
Wild
Noise
Little Town
I Never Needed You
What's Wrong With That
Two Bottles Of Beer
I Just Want To Love You
When I Go Home Again

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Lonestar lead singer Richie McDonald is the Conway Twitty of his generation. He knows what women want--as lovers, wives, and mothers. And since he's also the band's principal songwriter, he means to give it to them. That--and the major success of 1999's "Amazed"--is how Lonestar became the sappiest band in country-pop, building a repertoire of over-the-top ballads filled with romantic fantasies (the slowhand husband who takes his time making love, the devoted father who wilts at the sight of a sippy cup), all shot straight to the heart on the arrow of McDonald's emotional tenor. Though Coming Home, the group's eighth album, features a new producer (Justin Niebank), the formula hasn't really changed. "I Am a Man," "I'll Die Tryin'," "I Never Needed You," and "I Just Want to Love You" all trade in fevered desire of one sort or another, even if Sara Evans couldn't possibly sound more disinterested in McDonald on "I Never Needed You." But Niebank also tries to break it up a bit, although he doesn't push the band to get particularly original, or take the tempo out of the mid-zone. "You're Like Comin' Home" is really less about finding refuge in a woman's arms than about capturing Keith Urban's catchy and sophisticated brand of ear candy, while "What's Wrong With That," another declaration of fatherly bliss, sounds suspiciously like a rewrite of Tim McGraw's "Something Like That." "Little Town" and "Two Bottles of Beer" mine two current songwriting stereotypes--the virtues of small-town America, and the tiresome Jimmy Buffett fixation. "Wild," a contrived song about a curvaceous babe who saves it all for her man, feeds into typical male fantasies, not female. And "When I Go Home Again" gets down with the hoedown sound, just to remind you that this is supposed to be country music. Lonestar will never be raw and unvarnished in the style of so many other singer-songwriters from Texas. But what's missing is a song that dares to not play it safe, or even one that sounds as if it hadn't been written by committee. If Lonestar ever wants to bring things back to reality, the follow up to Coming Home will be Moving Out. Remember when hillbillies sang the blues? --Alanna Nash

Album Description

Lonestar's new album, Coming Home, finds them digging deep for new dimensions in their music, cutting loose with a new attitude of fun and pushing their performances into fresh new country-rockin' territory. Hooking up with a hot new producer, Justin Neibank, the band enthusiastically discovered a new level of musical creativity that spurred them forward to edgier, more passionate and more energized performances than they'd ever given in the studio before.

Customer Reviews:

Solid release...they brought it home this time.......2007-01-14

I had pretty much given up on Lonestar after seeing the direction they were trying to take following their smash hit "Amazed". This song became a template they tried to follow up with "I'm Already There", which happened to be a great track in itself. But the ones they released after that in the hopes of expanding their fan base were songs that were almost unbearable to listen to (take note: Let's Be Us Again and My Front Porch Looking In).

It was not until I finished previewing this album (in some site) that I decided to give em another chance and boy did they hit HOME on this as they went back to basics by making this a country album...well, almost. Though not as country as their first ever album, I got the same refreshing feeling I had when I listened to LeAnne Rimes' "This Woman", Faith Hill's "Fireflies" and Trisha's "Jasper County"; the feeling that country is cool again.

Given that this album still contains the power ballads that lean towards the pop/rock side (if it were not for Richie's voice), it also contains treasures like the opening cut "You're Like Comin' Home" and the no-place-like-home themed "Little Town".

Overall, this album is solid and worth buying...way better than "Let's Be Us Again" (darn I really don't like that album).

one of my favorites.......2007-01-12

This is a good CD it is full of heartfelt and feelgood songs

Typical Lonestar.......2006-03-19

It's not that this is a "bad" project by itself. It is actually better than their last 2 projects. I just find that "Lonely Grill" is the standard Lonestar has to hold themselves up to, and once again it was not met. There are of course the romantic ballads, but nothing as well done as "Amazed". It strikes me as strange that the first 2 singles off this CD were originally songs done by Emerson Drive (on their "What If" CD). In my opinion, Lonestar does not measure up on these songs. They just kind of drag in comparison to the fire and passion Emerson Drive put into it. But I suppose if you haven't heard the previoius versions these songs would be capable of standing on their own, since they both are good songs in their own right. I wish Lonestar better luck on their next CD.

Lonestar's greatest album!!!.......2005-12-30

Lonestar, coming home, is one of their greatest albums! The greatest songs on the album are: "You're Like Comin' Home", and "What's Wrong With That". I have always been a Lonestar fan, and I always collect their newest albums through the years. Lonestar's band and voices's were incredibly great on this album! Once again they had another sucsessful CD! So if you're looking for a great CD, buy Lonestar, Coming Home!

Coming Home IS Like Coming Home.......2005-10-17

I always enjoy Lonestar with their down-home morals and uplifting songs. I've never missed a concert whenever they are within driving distance.
Just watching them, one can see how much they enjoy thier work. Listening to them, one can tell how much they love their families. Where else can you find that combination, in such a dynamic group?
This Cd is the best ever. Delivering, once again, the very best of Lonestar!
They are a group for All ages, which is evident when you see the crowds at their concerts.
Lonestar is what True Entertainers are all about.
Not since Neil Diamond started have we seen a group This Good!

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A must for any collection
Coming Home, The Nadas
Coming Home is Going Places
Take the entire trip
Nada minute too soon!

Coming Home
The Nadas
Manufacturer: Authentic (Oarfin)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-02-11

Tracks:

Cry
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Beautiful Girl
Foreign Tongue
Rock Star
Ends Meet
Love Song
Coming Home
Let Me Sleep
Mi Corazon
Open D
Clear
The Wolf
Disenchanted Heart
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Customer Reviews:

A must for any collection.......2002-06-08

The Nadas have the groove and the lyrics that just make want to bob your head and sing along, because they're singing about you, man! You've been there, done that, but it's not a tired story. The fact that someone else can package it up so eloquently is amazing. It's honest, humorous, and heartfelt all in one. BUY IT.

Coming Home, The Nadas.......2001-11-22

All i can say is these guys are good...I come from a punk rock background but find the Nadas to be a refreshing change..Hard enough to keep my feet tapping, yet some songs are good for a nice relaxing break. Im not really into the folk thing but these guys are too good to pass bye. Find an MP3 and give them a listen.

Coming Home is Going Places.......2001-07-25

I first discovered the Nadas seven years ago when they were still a bar band in Ames, Ia. They were excellent then and they have only gotten better. This latest work "Coming Home" is excellent and Mike Butterworth has out done himself on the ballads. A must buy!

Take the entire trip.......2001-01-27

I have been listening to the Nadas since before they were the Nadas (Jason and Mike). Buy all of the available CD's and take the entire trip through their musical maturity. Coming Home is the CD that I listen to no matter what mood I am in, happy, sad, and everything in between. Every person that I have played their CD's for have wanted to get a copy and when they did could not get enough of it. As good as the CD's are the shows are 10-fold better. Just be ready to have a great time.

Nada minute too soon!.......2001-01-23

I walked into a favorite bar in Denver, CO on a Friday night to find the entire place infested with people. I was skeptical to say the least, but stayed on as I was one of the lucky few to actually have a seat in a large bar that was standing room only long before the band started to play.

I was more than surprised by the talent of this band. They were fabulous. Their music is fun and melow, wild and dance-able, all at the same time. The band covered a few popular songs, but their best effort by far was their original music. I purchased Coming Home at the bar and have been listening to it from that point on.

I will purchase their other CDs and look forward to their next visit to Denver.

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