Closer Still

1. Because of Love

2. Closer Still

3. April

4. Hidden Pleasures

5. Midnight Crazies

6. Brazilia

7. Someone Just Like You

8. Your Smile (Interlude)

9. In Motion

10. Morning Glories

11. Lake Shore Drive

12. Armani B (Interlude)

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Land of My Fathers: 100 Great Welsh Choir Favourites Manufacturer: Castle Pulse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Favourite Welsh Choirs Land of Song Welsh Choral Classics Welsh Choirs: Wonderful Welsh Choirs Bryn Terfel - We'll Keep a Welcome Traditional Songs of Wales ASIN: B0009SOFXG Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

1. Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (CWM Rhondda) - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
2. Land of My Fathers - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
3. Dies Irae
4. Men of Harlech
5. You'll Never Walk Alone
6. Cadwyn O Emyn Donau Cymreig: Joanna (Trad./Elfion Wyn)/Crugybar (Trad.
7. Old Folks at Home
8. Il Liza Jane
9. Faust/Soldier's Chorus - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
10. Vergine Degli Angeli
11. Ballard of Rourke's Drift - Cwt-Y-Collen Choir
12. My Hero
13. God Bless the Prince of Wales - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
14. German Mass/Gloria
15. German Mass/Sanctus
16. Misbles/Master of the House/On My Own/Drink with Me/Empty Chairs at
17. All Through the Night - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
18. Arwelfa
19. Invictus
20. Softly as I Leave You

Tracks:

1. Diolch l'R L
2. Hine E Hine (Maori Lullaby)
3. Pererin Wyf (Amazing Grace)
4. Tribute to the USA: America the Beautiful (Ward/Bates)/God Bless ...
5. Memories of Martha
6. I Lombardi/The Crusaders' Chorus - Treorchy Male Choir
7. Myfanwy - Treorchy Male Choir
8. Tales of Hoffman/Barcarolle
9. Creation's Hymn
10. In the Spirit!
11. Shall We Gather at the River
12. Nos a Bore
13. Very Best Time of Year
14. Soon Ah Will Be Done
15. Thanks Be to God
16. Flower That Shattered the Stone
17. Rhys - Treorchy Male Choir
18. Where Shall I Be?
19. Bywyd y Bugail
20. Lord's Prayer

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria
2. Pearl Fishers/Divine Brahma
3. She Was Beautiful (Cavatina) - Treorchy Male Choir
4. Cymru Fach
5. Nidaros
6. Jacob's Ladder - Treorchy Male Choir
7. Watching the Wheat
8. Pan Ddaw y Saint (When the Saints Go Marching In)
9. Misbles/Stars
10. Rachie
11. Pirates of Penzance/With Cat-Like Tread - Treorchy Male Choir
12. There Is a Balm in Gilead
13. Rise Up Shepherd and Foller
14. My Lord, What a Mornin'
15. Bryn Myrddin
16. Jesus Christ Superstar/Medley: Jesus Christ Superstar/Hosanna/The Last
17. Finnish Forest (Suomen Salossa)
18. Nabucco/The Glory of Israel
19. Ride the Chariot
20. Tydi a Roddaist - Treorchy Male Choir

Tracks:

1. Y Nefoedd
2. Phantom of the Opera/Think of Me
3. Morte Christe (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross)
4. By Babylon's Wave
5. I'm Gonna Sing
6. Where Could I Go But to the Lord?
7. Holy City - Treorchy Male Choir
8. Mefistofele: Ave Signor, Degli Angeli
9. Senzenina (Zulu Chant)
10. That's All I Want from You
11. Deep Harmony - Treorchy Male Choir
12. Give Me Jesus
13. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
14. My Wish for You
15. Jeptha/Waft Her Angels
16. Mose in Egitto/Prayer
17. Be Still My Soul (Finlandia Hymn)
18. God's Choir in the Sky
19. Floral Dance - Treorchy Male Choir
20. Smilin' Through

Tracks:

1. Calon Lan
2. True Love
3. Mor Fawr Wyt Ti (How Great Thou Art)
4. Aberystwyth
5. Comrades in Arms
6. Cats/Memory
7. They Led My Lord Away
8. State Fair/It's a Grand Night for Singing
9. When I Fall in Love
10. Let's Face the Music and Dance
11. Windmills of Your Mind
12. How Soon
13. Non Nobis Domine
14. Rhythm of Life
15. Kalinka
16. Sound an Alarm
17. Neapolitan Trilogy: It's Now or Never (Di Capua/Schroeder/Gold)/Mo ...
18. Turandot/Nessun Dorma
19. Christus Redemptor
20. Ann Evening's Pastorale

Album Details

Choirs Include the Morriston Orpheus Choir, the Pontadrddulais Male Voice Choir, the Caerphilly Male Voice Choir, the Cwrt-y-gollen Choir, the Treorchy Male Choir and the Lucknow Male Voice Choir.

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Come Closer to Me Manufacturer: Dutton Vocalion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grofé, Ferde | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lecuona | Lecuona, Ernesto | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005OR3T Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

1. Come Closer to Me [Beguine]
2. Nocturne [Beguine]
3. Serenade [Beguine]
4. Green Cockatoo [Son]
5. In the Still of the Night
6. Without You [Beguine]
7. Jamaican Rumba
8. Dancing in the Dark
9. Tico-Tico [Samba]
10. Ya Que Te Vas: Night After Night [Beguine]
11. Fantasie-Impromptu: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows [Beguine]
12. Brasil: Aquerella Do Brasil [Samba]
13. Autumn Serenade [Beguine]
14. Begin the Beguine
15. Rio de Janiero: Isto E O Meu Brasil [Samba]
16. Mi Vida [Beguine]
17. Daybreak
18. Vem Vem [Samba]
19. Another Night Like This [Beguine]
20. Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) [Samba]
21. Out of My Dreams [Waltz]
22. People Will Say We're in Love [Beguine]
23. Shoemaker's Serenade [Samba]
24. Andalucia: The Breeze and I [Bolero]
25. Temptation [Samba]

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Don't Quit Your Day Job Jason Johnston Manufacturer: Twister J Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006Q8W9Y Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

1. Kind Enough to Be Cruel
2. One Great Brain
3. Sixty Years Ago
4. Between Your Heart and Mine
5. When Love Is All You See
6. Bad Day Too Quit Drinking
7. Something I'd Do
8. Down on Bended Knee
9. Watching Amy Dance
10. All My Tears

Product Description

10 Song Full CD

Average customer rating: You've been warned.... You've lost the plot dude...... Stunning disaster Ewww, why don't they just give Bjorn Again their own CD to? Great interpretation of Joy Division

Closer Still: A Tribute to Joy Division Russ Pay Manufacturer: Dressed to Kill ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004R62N Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

1. Transmission
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. Lost Control
4. Isolation
5. Warsaw
6. Dead Souls
7. Atrocity Exhibition
8. Heart 'N' Soul
9. Atmosphere
10. Eternal

Customer Reviews:

You've been warned...........2004-07-23

First of all, this is not a bad album musically. Many of the songs are very straightforward interpretations of Joy Division songs. Some, in fact, sound just like the originals. But that's the problem. As another reviewer posted, it's a Joy Division fanatic being Ian Curtis for a day. But ultimately, it has little or no value in any other Joy Division's fan CD catalog.
For me, I love novelty, such as The King's version of LWTUA, or the Nau Ensemble tribute. Because it's different. It's fun, and you don't mind having it making the occasional round on random play. But since these songs are so similar to the originals, you might as well play the originals.
I'm as big of a Joy Division fans as they come, but purchasing this CD was, in the end, something I could have done without. You really aren't missing out. You don't need this simply because you're a JD completist.

You've lost the plot dude.............2001-12-21

I used to be a good friend of Russ Pay - I hope he reads this review. Sort your (...) life out mate. You used to be a great musician and an inspiration to all that played with you. This is just a pile of toss. All I can say is that the money must have been good - or that George is feeding you too many narcotics. Sorry mate - it's (horrible) - however you probably already know that...

Stunning disaster.......2001-05-04

In my mind this is an attempt to be Ian Curtis for a day, an obsessed JD fan (and there are, were, and probably always will be obsessed fans) finally having his childhood dream come true, kind of strange, kind of sad. Why do I say this? These songs are instrumentally so close to the originals so therefore are either a weak, poor copy or a failed attempt at interpretation. Many people have attempted (some more successful than others) to cover JD songs, and most have interpreted the songs by forming them into their own idea, this is not the case here by a long shot. Compared to the versions offered by SWANS, Codeine, Galaxy 500 or Roy Montgomery, this CD is nothing more than an embarrassment. Why listen to this when you can hear the real thing???

Ewww, why don't they just give Bjorn Again their own CD to?.......2000-12-19

Why? Why bother? Who is Russ Pay and who cares? He did the whole album. Just one guy. I don't think he's ever done anything else. Like, if you had a "Tribute to Elvis" CD, you'd expect it to be various other artists interpreting his music in an original way - not just one Elvis impersonator for the whole thing!

It seems pretty obvious that the only reason he did this CD was so he's dopey name would show up in all future JD discographies. Listen to the samples here... this moron ruins all of these great songs by slightly reworking them so they sound like straight modern-rock-radio mediocre clutter. For such an original band it seems like the most inane tribute you could give. It's Joy Division: pub rock style.

Great interpretation of Joy Division.......2000-04-18

Picture Pat Boone doing Joy Division covers! This album is one man doing what are I guess his favorite Joy Division songs. Not for the serious Joy Division fan, but what covers album is? I like it just for the novelty value.

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Closer Still Wolfsheim Manufacturer: Strange Ways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004ZGS7 Release Date: 2007-07-16

Tracks:

1. Closer Still [Long Version]
2. Closer Still [Radio Edit]
3. Closer Still [Instrumental]
4. Tapir [Instrumental]
5. Now I Fall [Factory Remix]

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Closer Still Premananda Manufacturer: Soul Spark Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFC7Y Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

1. Tonight
2. Every Heart's Keeper
3. Leela
4. Signs of Life
5. Being
6. Closer Still
7. Time to Rise
8. August Moon
9. Luminous
10. Desiree
11. Watching You Sleep

Average customer rating: This guy is BADD. Composer, Producer, Jazz Piano Keyboardist Extraordinaire! Modern Piano at it's Best! This c.d. has phat grooves and cool melodies! Great CD/Great on stage too!!!

Closer Still Brian Simpson Manufacturer: Noteworthy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ultrablue Pacific Coast Highway Shine Playin' Favorites Ready to Play ASIN: B000005OVL Release Date: 1995-08-08

Tracks:

1. Because Of Love
2. Closer Still
3. April
4. Hidden Pleasures
5. Midnight Crazies (Interlude)
6. Brazilia
7. Someone Just Like You
8. Your Smile (Interlude)
9. In Motion
10. Morning Glories
11. Lake Shore Drive
12. Armani B (Interlude)

Customer Reviews:

This guy is BADD........2005-10-27

Brian Simpson is one badd Mutha (shut yo mouth!) dude. The melodic piano over cool R&B bass will keep this dude in the smooth jazz game for a very long time. Janet Jackson should be proud of the way he covered "Because of Love".

Composer, Producer, Jazz Piano Keyboardist Extraordinaire!.......1999-08-31

Brian Simpson did it all on this CD! "Closer Still" is easy on the ears and lifts the spirit. A positive tone underlies every melody. One can listen to it again and again, discovering something new and more uplifting each time. An even blend of instrumental voices balances the tone of this incredible jazz piano vibe. There is quite a variety of styles from the upbeat tempos of "Because of Love" and "Armani in B" to the soulful and soothing "April". "Morning Glories" demonstrates brilliant composition. A combination of R&B rhythms and jazz make "Closer Still" a must for any CD library. Eagerly anticipating the next one, Brian!

Modern Piano at it's Best!.......1999-08-31

This is one sultry cd! It gets you hyped with its first cut "Because of Love", then gets into its mellow groove with "Closer Still". Not one single track disappoints the listener. "Brazilia" is extremely romantic. I can't wait for his next release!

This c.d. has phat grooves and cool melodies!.......1999-08-20

If you want to hear a good jazz/r&b c.d. this is one to check out. I love that Brian used real musicians to lay down some serious grooves. Mike White, drummer, is in the pocket! Brian has great bop chops and never overplays. Great melodies and groove... what more is there?

Keep up the good work Brian, Sincerely, another Shytown drummer doin' it Lake Villa style!

Great CD/Great on stage too!!!.......1999-06-19

I bought this CD about three years ago on a whim because I recognized Brian's name as a musician on a Norman Brown CD that I like. I have not taken "Closer Still" off the box since!!! It's a great piece of music, especially "Brasilia". This style of jazz piano really leaves you feeling good! My wife and I also had the pleasure of seeing/hearing Brian, Michael White, Ray Fuller, et al, perform live in L.A. a couple of times, and these brothers are some groovin', fun-loving, laid-back professionals, and we definitely got our money's worth both times. Can't wait for the follow-up album, Mr. Simpson!!

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