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Here you go. This track was arranged by the legendary Jimmy Webb with harmonica solo by also legendary Tommy Reilly. Kaleidoscope World was released in May 1989, achieving critical acclaim and UK Top 10 success. Their turn away from contemporary styles towards retro musical sources on this album would establish the musical path that they would continue to follow with their subsequent albums. The duo found inspiration in Easy Listening music, such as Burt Bacharach, as well as songwriter Jimmy Webb, who arranged two tracks, "Forever Blue" and "Precious Words". The incorporation of an orchestra to their recordings realised their sound in a richer, fuller way than their previous effort which relied more heavily on synthesizers. Consequently, this album featured arrangements and songwriting more classical in inclination. The lead-off single "You On My Mind" featured a more sophisticated blend of musical components (the video was strongly inspired by the 1968 cult film The Thomas Crown Affair) than their previous efforts while the upbeat tone of "Breakout" was echoed in the lead U.S. single "Waiting Game". Further singles included "Where in the World" and "Forever Blue", which featured a sample from the John Barry score from the film Midnight Cowboy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Out_Sister
Thanks, GDCarrington, for the sample. I think it may be a little too "modern smooth" for me (if that's even a valid descriptor). I don't mind a little easy listening from time to time, though. Right now I'm listening to some gypsy jazz! Les Gosses de la Rue - Le Fils du Facteur Awesome.
Nice! I'm really diggin' this stuff. I've never heard of Blue Mitchell before. I'm lining up some tracks to listen to this afternoon.
I was never a Foo Fighters fan but the boys from infected mushroom have really spiced up a boaring song. This is new electro so may not be to everones liking but man its got my bloood flowing
Hot off the presses, I'm listening to the brand new Tedeschi Trucks Band CD, "Everybody's Talkin'" Here's one particular tasty nugget: And another:
sorry no youtube link, but you metalheads out there will get it .. I just got the Pantera Cowboys From Hell 20th Anniversary Edition 3CD set - the third disc, the demos, are AMAZING! it's like a whole new CFH album. I've been punishing my speakers with this allllllllll day
Sons of Champlin - Loving is Why On their sixth album, 1976's A Circle Filled with Love, the Sons of Champlin sounded ready for a commercial breakthrough on the order of the Average White Band, playing funky R&B, and they got halfway up the singles chart with "Hold On." But they didn't manage anything as successful as Boz Scaggs' Silk Degrees or Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music," to cite music in the same vein. Loving Is Why, their seventh album, boasts more commercial-sounding blue-eyed soul, such as the lead-off track and first single "Saved by the Grace of Your Love," but it also has a somewhat valedictory tone, notably heard in several ballads penned by lead singer Bill Champlin. "Time Will Bring You Love," "Love Can Take Me Now," and, especially, "Where I Belong" are set to acoustic guitar-plus-strings arrangements over which Champlin, usually a gruff-voice blues singer, croons introspectively. The band's old forays into jazz improvisation and spacy psychedelic rock are gone now, but Champlin's ballads suggest a new direction toward sophisticated adult contemporary pop/rock. They also have a wistful tone. More than ever, a band that struggled to sound like a group of equals despite Champlin's frontman abilities sounds like a showcase for him, and he sounds like he might be ready to try something new. by William Ruhlmann allmusic.com http://www.allmusic.com/album/loving-is-why-r49753/review
