Dreamland [Import]

Track Listings

1. Mondo

2. Rêver

3. Edelweiss

4. Santa Lucia

5. Panis Angelicus - Michael Junior, Helmut Lotti

6. Spagnola

7. Who'll Come With Me

8. Aimer

9. Seuls Les Cygnes Vont La-Bas

10. Ave Maria

11. You'll Never Walk Alone

12. Magicien

13. Friends - Michael Junior, Helmut Lotti

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
With appealing charm, unaffected innocence, and a voice as pretty as the young Wayne Newton's, 13-year-old Michael Verschuere (hence the "Junior") performs a collection of European popular music and classical standards sweetly and unpretentiously. The Belgian wunderkind sings proficiently in five languages; the kid must learn one each year! His enjoyable voice is full-throated and punctuated by a mature vibrato, as he captures the casual swagger of the Italian popular style in "Il Mondo," and croons the French standards with joie de vivre. Most of the selections are interpreted in a simple and straightforward manner, with a one-dimensional emotional range, not surprising for an adolescent. This is particularly problematic, however, when the boy tackles such classics as "Ave Maria," and "Panis Angelicus," which demand interpretive embellishment to be musically satisfying. If optimistic and kind-hearted teenage boys with pretty voices are your thing, or if you swoon at the thought of Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, and Andrea Bocelli sharing a stage together, you will adore this disc. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Album Description
Debut album for the angelic voiced phenomenon (think Charlotte Church). Accompanied by a symphony orchestra on classical songs like 'Santa Lucia', 'Ave Maria' and standards like 'Edelweiss' and two duets with Helmut Lotti, 'Paris Angelicu s' and 'Friends'. Standard jewel case. 1999 release.

Tracks:

Walkin' After Midnight
Hey Sweet Man
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
(Getting Some) Fun Out Of Life
La Vie En Rose
Always A Use
A Prayer
Muddy Water
Was I?
Dreamland
Reckless Blues
Lovesick Blues

Customer Reviews:

Thought it was Billy Holliday.......2007-07-01

Was shopping for Chinese antiques in Chinatown, Los Angeles when I stumbled into a store and a lovely man behind the counter was kind enough to tell me what he had on the overhead music................I assumed it was Billy Holliday, but hadn't heard some of the songs. I was surprised to find out it was Madeline Peyroux...............got home, came to Amazon and just purchased Careless Love and Dreamland.................absolutely beautiful tones from such a young lady............Kristine

One of My Favorite Albums.......2007-06-27

Anyone who enjoys Madeleine's style should get this album. She has the voice of an angel.

Awesome Debut From An Obvious Holliday Acolyte.......2007-03-21

Dreamland was the well-received debut CD from Madeleine Peyroux, who channels Billie Holliday like there's no tomorrow. Peyroux, a Georgia native who spends most of her time busking in Paris, shares not only a voice eerily similar to Holliday's, but also captures many of Lady Day's intangibles - the ability to sound like life has just slapped her silly whil simultaneously turning the other cheek, inflecting even the happiest song with more than a tinge of melancholy, and the ability to seem dated in a way that makes her very accessible and intriguing.

Songs like I'm Going To Sit Right Down, Walking After Midnight, and the title cut show that she's a lot more than a rank imitator, but someone who's listen to Holliday so much that she not only sings her, she understand the pathos and the pain behind the vocals. Hopefully, Peyroux's life will have a much happier ending. Dreamland is a fantastic way to start a recording career.

Beautiful Cd.......2007-03-13

This lady is wonderful her music takes you away to another place and time its an wonderful escape. I throughly enjoyed this cd its very relaxing and her voice is that of an angel. I highly recommend it to everyone who is a fan of beautiful Jazz.

Well, it's a start.......2006-11-14

I want to like Madeleine Peyroux. I've heard some of her live radio performances that really touched me. On the album cuts I've heard so far, she seems a little restrained by comparison, a bit less spontaneous.

She sounds like Billie Holiday, I guess. I am not a Holiday fan, so frankly I could care less. It is a non-issue. Madeleine is not trying to ape Holiday, I am convinced. That is just the way she naturally sings.

The problem I find with this album is that it is uneven. Getting Some Fun Out Of Life, which is an obvious example of her Billie Holiday sound-alike-ness, is a fetching little song. And La Vie En Rose is beautiful. Some of the arrangements on the other tracks are so corny, they're like something you'd hear coming from the public bandshell at the Iowa State Fair.

All I can say is that this was her first record. I didn't even care for the first Beatles album that much. So she's grown a lot in ten years. Today her song choices are better and her arrangements more refined. There are some gems here but choose wisely. Maybe download selected tracks you want. I know I'm glad I did not buy this. At its best, it is a promise of better things to come. At worst, it is a little embarrassing.

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Usual great quality you can expect from Putumayo
stress buster
Beautiful music!
Dreamland CD a big hit
Beautiful, complex, soothing

Dreamland
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Putumayo World Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Naima (Benin) - Angelique Kidjo
Ny Fitiavako An'i Mama (Madagascar) - Erick Manana
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This CD has beautiful, calming songs from around the world are perfect for bedtime, meditation, yoga and relaxation. Some of the songs included are A Lullabye, Arriba Del Cielo, and Cradle Spell of Dunvegan.

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If these truly gorgeous lullabies and songs from all over the world don't soothe the savage beast within your child, nothing will. This hypnotic collection of soft and slow melodies--some ancient, some new--is perfect for lulling a child to sleep or for any evening when you want to escape into a warm bath with candles. Carlos Santana accompanies African singer Angelique Kidjo on the sweet opener, "Naima." Claudia Martinez sings "Arriba Del Cielo (Above the Sky)," a lilting traditional lullaby with roots in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The Letterstick Band, from the small An-Barra clan of Australian Aborigines, performs the moving "Yi-Rrana (Sunset)." One favorite is "Lá Vai Alguém (There Goes Someone)," a hot-summer-night-sounding lullaby sung in velvety tones by Virginia Rosa. Another lovely addition is Kanji Yano of the Sanshin Café Orchestra playing a generations-old lullaby on a traditional stringed instrument from Okinawa called the sanshin. The liner notes, written in English, Spanish, French, and Dutch, provide kid-friendly facts about the countries of origin. A portion of the proceeds are donated to the Putumayo Cross-Cultural Initiative, a non-profit organization that uses the power of world music and the arts to inspire children to connect with diverse cultures. Vive Dreamland! --Karin Snelson

Customer Reviews:

Usual great quality you can expect from Putumayo.......2007-07-02

Putumayo produced CDs is the only music I have ever bought without knowing it first and I have never been disappointed. This is a gorgeous collection which my children listen to at night but which can also be enjoyed by everybody of all ages at any time of the day! We also recommend Asian Dreamland which is just lovely and even more gentle and dreamy.Putumayo Kids Presents: Asian Dreamland

stress buster.......2007-03-09

The music is very peacefull and the melodies really help me to relax after a stressful day in the office. I like it better then my children.

Beautiful music!.......2007-01-10

The music is beautiful! My baby falls asleep every night to these enchanting lullabies.

Dreamland CD a big hit.......2006-11-05

My 4 yr old falls asleep to the Dreamland CD every night. We love it. We have other Putumayo CDs and love them all. There isn't a song we just don't on the CD's. I highly recommend.

Beautiful, complex, soothing.......2006-08-23

This is not your typical "baby music" CD, watered down melodies with sterilized syncopation and minimal instruments. These are luscious, rich, harmonic, melodic songs that my 16 month old twins have loved since they were born. Now, they wait for me to turn it on before naptime and start swaying to the music before it even starts. Mom and Dad never tire of listening to it - an important consideration as it will become a favorite in the nursery! The a capella voices are heavenly. There are male and female artists on the album, and the use of all kinds of interesting instruments from different cultures. We use it for daytime naps - I put the CD player on shuffle/repeat and get a couple of hours peace and quiet. Often I turn the nursery monitor up, just so I can hear the music myself.

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Good house music does not equal good music
Good to have in your collection
A Rare techno record that lasts forever
Still listening to this one
Underground legend Robert Miles' first and greatest composition of music on one CD.

Dreamland
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A Swiss-born, Italian-raised pianist, Robert Miles serves up numbingly repetitive but lively sub-Moroder disco for 66 unrelenting minutes. While it may make Vangelis sound like Mozart by comparison on the home stereo, this is evidently sheer magic under the mirrorballs of Ibiza, Paris, and Scarborough. --Jeff Bateman

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring the Exclusive Bonus Track Children (Re-Mix), 12 Tracks in all Including Fable (2 Versions), One and One, Landscape, and Others.

Customer Reviews:

Good house music does not equal good music.......2007-03-01

2 1/2

Competent though disappointing, this highly referenced trance album cannot escape it's plodding, dated backbone of a beat, no matter how refined and professional the production tries to be. Of course, listening to the album 13 years later, one immediately feels the bland, aged thump soaked into the generic sequencing and tonality, which is not to say the album was not worthy of the praise it garnered upon release-in House-centric circles that is. The thudding, ever present, 4/4 layering of a pulse that guides entirely too much mainstream electronic music out there will vastly undermine any of the dreamy atmosphere heavily present on this ambitious little club-hopper, rendering most of the Yanni-with-edge keyboard melodies banal. Thankfully once in a while, particularly at the start and finish of the disc, a semi-potent spell is afforded these static conditions, allowing Dreamland to shine in refreshingly unrestricted ways.

Good to have in your collection.......2007-02-03

I reckon that Robert Miles has achieved something unique and original. Combining soft beat with the easy-listening culture, he managed to produce a collection of (mainly) instrumental pieces with the successful input of drumms but without the solely 'dance' feel that others (like DJ Sash or Fatboy Slim) have. The sounds in this CD resemble a lot pieces like Paul Oakenfold's 'Southern Sun', giving you a complete sense of relaxation and travelling you to imaginative worlds.

Why four stars instead of five? Well, some pieces are boringly similar. I also have to admit that I hate Fable's vocal version - Fable is my favourite R.M. track and the instrumental piece is simply fantastic, the engineering is superb and the input of instruments examplary- whilst I found the lyrics in the vocal version a bit silly and the girl's voice a bit annoying for this particular track.

Generally I would recommend. This album is not pop or dance or whatever else other reviewers called it. It is simply good acoustic music.

A Rare techno record that lasts forever.......2007-01-20

This brings back so many memories. Before i left Ireland in 1997 the techno wave was in full stregth and Roberto Milano record was all over the airwaves. Listen to it on a beach and dream. In you car and dream. In your bed and dream. Its a dreamland.It has amazing lasting quality and the vocal track with maria nayler is dynamite. Ill never outgrow this record. Its just too good. great for vacation in a hot climate.

Still listening to this one.......2006-11-15

I first heard this album while sitting in a coffeeshop in Corvallis, Oregon - many years ago - went out and bought the tape immediately . I pretty well fried the casette tape out during long cross-country drives and, as I'm not a huge fan of the genre had decided not to replace it with a CD. Big mistake! I heard One is One again on a college radio station near Austin, Texas in the summer of 2006 and decided to buy it again. I'm now afraid that I might fry the CD out. The music is surprisingly melodic for techno (if that is, indeed, what this is) and, when listened to closely, surprisingly complex. It is also very strong music (without being overly aggressive - there is, after all, such a thing as too much bass) with enough going on in the way of dynamics and signature shifts to keep the listener engaged - even during the longest and loneliest drives across west Texas. If you like early techno (Space comes to mind, even some of the intrumentals by Sky verge on primitive techno) I think you'll like Robert Miles.

Underground legend Robert Miles' first and greatest composition of music on one CD........2006-05-23

I first heard the radio version of Children when I was [...]. I had later learned that it was the first techno/trance track to reach the Billboard top 100. That track had such an effect on me, I could not forget the sounds and melodies of the radio version of it until I finally owned a copy of it 8 years later. I listened to Fable, Fantasya, Landscape, and the rest of the album and I realized that Robert Miles, who spear-headed the Dreamhouse category of Techno/Trance, is truly the greatest mixer/music writer of all that is instrumental in electronica/techno/trance. His melodies and piano and excellent use of synths on this album are a stroke of true musical expression and feeling; truly one of a kind and extraordinary. Remember, the international hit heard on the radio "Children" is ONLY on the import. Yes, it is worth the extra cash.

Also, if you like his style of music on this album or his other albums that have been released, I suggest Nightmusic by the Thrillseekers. Both respectively, are 5-Star albums.

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Asadoya Yunta - Takashi Hirayasu
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GENERAL FEATURES: Asian Dreamland by Putumayo is a harmonious collection of tranquil lullabies and soothing songs from ancient Asian lands. The CD contains the following delightful pieces of music. Shang Shang Typhoon, Moon Boat Emme, Dokokade Yoruga Naita Yoshida Brothers, Kokoro Ni Dakarete Zulya, Cradle Song Aiko Shimada and Elizabeth Falconer, Aka Tonbo Takashi Hirayasu with Chuei Yoshikawa, Asadoya Yunta Kelsang Chukie Tethong, Om Ma Nye Bhe Mae Hum Ali Akbar Khan, Lullaby Lei Qiang, Lullaby Rikki,Amami, No Komori Uta. Educational entertainment for all ages.

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All Fired Up
Putting the exclamation mark on Pat Benatar's career as a female rock vocalist
Au Contraire!
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Pat puts it out

Wide Awake in Dreamland
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Customer Reviews:

All Fired Up.......2007-04-11

Pat took a few years off after Seven The Hard Way and seeing as I was practically a homeless runaway around the summer of 1988, I had no idea she finally had a new album coming out, but one day on WIFC they played the awesome "All Fired Up" by Pat and I knew the world was all good again. The song is probably one of her best of all time, starting with a rousing guitar intro before the drums pump in for a fast paced rock and roll tribute to positivity, "living with my eyes closed/going day to day/ I never had a reason/ I never cared anyway" before the chorus kicks in "Now I believe there comes a time/ when everything just falls in line/ we live and learn from our mistakes/ the deepest cuts are healed by faith" and for some strange reason the song never even nears cheesiness. Smartly enough the first single is also the opener for the Wide Awake In Dreamland album. The whole album plays to two ideals, the happiness you can find and need to find and the drama that leads you to the depths of darkness, of course they're strung together in those subjects by what was once each side of the record. After "All Fired Up", the band slows down for a semi tribute to Bob Marley called "One Love (Song Of The Lion)" a nice little groove drives the song with lyrics about searching for peace, before the rocking "Let's Stay Together" that bangs from beginning to end with Pat delivering with ferocity, then another slow and sweet ditty "Don't Walk Away" which was released as the second single and though it didn't chart in the US, it was #42 in the UK, a very great feat for Miss Pat since her most famous songs didn't even score that high across the pond. The Nick Gilder co-written ballad has Pat reaching the stars with her high octaves and the break down with overdubs of her soprano and her growl is awesome, "Too Long A Soldier" is the following track and my favorite on the album, a 6 minute Spanish styled rock ballad about soldiers and war and its effect which ends with Pat singing a line from "The Star Spangled Banner", it's truly brilliant. The uglier side of the world is reflected on the next batch of songs as the rocking breaks in for "Cool Zero" an urban tale of mischeif and hijinxs, "Cerebral Man" is an unusual song in the Pat canon, a fairly sophisticated little song about lost love that is probably considered filler but really needs to be heard, then the poor Johnny who could or would never amount to anything in "Lift 'Em On Up", followed by the child abuse tale of Melissa in "Suffer The Little Children" which Pat wrote after a real life case involving a kidnapped little girl named Melissa, and the final and my second favorite track, the title track which begins with whishing guitar rolls and breaks into a new wavey rock song supposedly about drug addiction, but with the great vocal performance, obscure yet entertaining lyrics and great instrumentation, it could be about nothing and it would still be a classic Benatar song.

Putting the exclamation mark on Pat Benatar's career as a female rock vocalist.......2005-12-15

I know that "Wide Awake in Dreamland" is the best of the albums from the third part of Pat Benatar's career, but if I cannot make an argument for it being her best album ever I can still say that it is my favorite. Or, to be more specific, that what would have been the "A" side if this was a record is my favorite, because once I play the first five tracks I am just as likely to go back to the beginning or play the fifth track again than to proceed to the final five tracks. But then the fifth track on this album is one of her very best songs.

This 1988 album fulfills the first requirement for a great Pat Benatar album by having a hard rocker for the opening track. On previous albums that has meant songs like "Heartbreaker," "Promises in the Dark," and "Shadows of the Night." On this one it means "All Fired Up," another song designed to open up a Pat Benatar concert. The only notable difference from the others is that the song has some stripped down sections that emphasize Benatar's vocals before she once again gets an opportunity to show that her voice is going to power through the music, no matter how high you crank up the volume. This reflects the fact that "Wide Awake in Dreamland" is not really a hard rock album. "One Love (Song of the Lion)" keeps the instrumentation down, plays up the rhythm, and gives Benatar an opportunity to do some nice harmonies with the double-tracked vocals. Throughout the album playing up the rhythms in different ways (e.g., "Let's Stay Together," "Don't Walk Away") is a consistent choice by producer, lead guitarist and husband Neil Geraldo, who absolutely knows how to showcase his wife's voice, even if he is not one of the writers or the songs (Geraldo has a hand in writing eight of the ten tracks).

The standout track is the haunting "Too Long a Soldier," which again takes the minimalist approach with the instrumentation. Granted, this is an anti-war song, but it is one that indicts war in general ("I've see n so much worth dying for, So little worth killing over") that the song cannot be qualified as a song against a specific war, which is where such songs usually become more potent and more controversial. Besides, it is an anti-war song that clearly honors the soldiers who have to fight. What stands out is the sublime ending where Benatar works in bits of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The Star Spangled Banner" into the final chorus and the long musical fade out. This was never a hit single, but it is far and away one of Benatar's very best songs.

The rest of the album suffers somewhat in comparison and I think "Too Long a Soldier" should have been the album's final track. One of the reasons I often stop listening to the album at this point is that when "Cool Zero" starts up, the hard driving rock is too jarring a transition for me. But "Cerebral Man" and " "Lift Em on Up" again play up the rhythm section for Benatar to sing against. You really will notice the rhythm sections on most of these songs. "Suffer the Little Children" returns Benatar to familiar group and if you have heard her "Best Shots" album you will remember how she does a bit of the song acoustically before launching into "Hell is For Children" in a memorable live track. The title track ends the album on more of rock note, which just underscores how the best songs here reflect more pop sensibilities than anything else once you get past the opening song.

"All Fired Up" (#19) was the only single released from the album. "Wide Awake in Dreamland" only made it to #28 on the Billboard chart, which made it Benatar's least successful album up to that point in her career. "Precious Time" had made it all the way to the top of the charts. But by the late 1980s Benatar has fallen out of favor with the mainstream rock audience. No wonder it would be three years before she put out another album, "True Love," which was a radical departure involving the lady singing the blues and early R&B. So this album clearly marks the end of one period in Benatar's career.

Au Contraire!.......2005-12-09

I am one of the few who ranks Pat's albums in the order they came out. I purchased her debut album on the day it hit the streets in '79, just by chance being in my old record store haunt when the manager pulled it out of the box and inspired by her sultry cover, tossed on the store stereo. Wow! I plunked down the cash before we got to the second side. After "If You Think You Know..." and the title track, I had In The Heat of the Night in my backpack on my way home to my own ear-blasting stereo. Ain't nuthin' like real vinyl. Each successive album became another gem in my collection. After Seven The Hard Way, I realized I liked them all in the order I bought them! Still do! Heat is numero uno and Tropico was number five. Seven The Hard Way easily fell into sixth place, don't get me wrong, it's a terrific album but it's carried (for me) by Walking in the Underground and Le Bel Age, the rest of the "hits" were become commercial fare for Pat and as with Heart, I was getting complacent in the music. So Maybe, Pat was too?
However, then after a three year wait, I picked up this little gem. I would love this album if only Too Long A Soldier and Don't Walk Away were the only good songs on it and I hated the rest! Those two just knock me out! With Pat, the hard rock stuff reached it's zenith on Precious Time, you cannot beat her first three albums for the edge! But just as Evil Genius forshadowed things to come, I think Wide Awake In Dreamland is the culmination of Pat's explorations. These songs are artistic, they are intellectual (as usual), and they are gripping. Her voice is her voice, don't matter what record you are listening to, The Benetar is the Queen of Female Vocals. But when it comes to serious song writing and musical execution, I have to say that this album ranks up in the top three someplace!
I think the gentleman from New South Wales who reviewed this earlier hit the nail on the head with the best song selection, I can only trump that with They Are All Fantastic and These Are Just The Appetizers! So that makes Suffer The Little Children the after-dinner wine and the title track a wonderful dessert!

Excellent Benatar! Now if only it were re-released!

Pat thanks for slapping the INSOMINA out of me!.......2005-10-07

Ok folks, here we are. In a wasteland of musical indestion, this cd WIDE AWAKE IN DREAMLAND is a gem. It isn't just good, IT IS GREAT. I listened to it for few choice cuts first, but after much listening it grows on you. If your looking for something refreshing, rocking, this gem has alot of substance.
ROCK-ON now ya here :)

Pat puts it out.......2004-11-24

I bought the CD years ago in London and played it mainly for all fired up - which along with love is a battlefield from the hits album seemed like Pats' best rocker bound efforts ( obviously there are better tracks which didn't get the air play ) WE got burgled and wiped out - my CD's been sold for 50 pence each at the local rogues' pub - this album is indeed very rare - and the tracks in general are very good indeed . Don't go to the HMV for this they won't be able to get it .... I advise you snap it up if you see it !!

Love and cuddles in Rock

JOHN

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A truly dreamy collection.
Gorgeous packaging, lovely tracklist
Love it!
Well... new generations need to know about Joni's talent
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Dreamland
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Compressing the diverse highlights of Joni Mitchell's four-decade career into the hour-and-change confines of a single CD seems like an unfair challenge. But with Mitchell herself tackling the anthologizing, Dreamland plays like a warm reintroduction to an old, if ever mercurial, musical friend. Taking nothing for granted, Mitchell shrewdly anchors the set with two of her early jazz-infused commercial breakthroughs, "Free Man in Paris" and "In France…," before charting an elliptical course through one of the most consistently inspired song canons in all of pop music. While familiar hits are well-represented, the collection also widens to include her forays with Afrocentric rhythms ("The Jungle Line," title track) and her tribute to a beloved blues legend ("Furry Sings the Blues"). Indeed, the choices here are often as playfully surprising as the tantalizing omissions: "Dancin' Clown," her unlikely '80s collaboration with Tom Petty and Billy Idol, is included yet there's nothing from the sublimely challenging Mingus. It all wends to an elegiac triptych from her latter-day symphonic reinventions (Travelogue and Both Sides Now), their postmodern elegance informed by the bittersweet knowledge that Mitchell undertook a self-imposed recording hiatus thereafter. Richly illustrated with the musician's own distinctive paintings, the 17-track collection also includes new liner notes by writer-director Cameron Crowe. --Jerry McCulley

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Without doubt one of the most important and influential artists in all of contemporary music, Joni Mitchell is much more than a legendary icon of the singer-songwriter art form. Since her 1968 debut LP, Mitchell has released a long string of stellar albums as emotionally powerful as they are stylistically diverse. The 5X Grammy® winner assisted in the compilation of this new Rhino release, an in-depth career overview more complex than a simple hits collection—DREAMLAND offers a glimpse of the timeless innovation she has continued to pursue at each stage of her career.

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A truly dreamy collection........2005-11-13

This 2004 retrospective plays like a wonderful audio tapestry! It is the 2nd of two retrospectives released in 2004, the first being the political euphoria of "The Beginning Of Survival." But "Dreamland" features many of her more popular work (Free Man In Paris, Big Yellow Taxi, Both Sides Now, Etc.) as well as a few underrated gems (Nothing Can Be Done, Dancin' Clown, The Jungle Line, Etc.) And of course it includes extreamly beautiful packaging. Joni's intricate & lovely paintings are displayed as seen on most of her albums. It's an overall beautiful listen & great addition to any diehard fan's collection. Highly recommended.

Gorgeous packaging, lovely tracklist.......2005-03-24

The packaging of this compilation (like most of Joni's recent albums and compilations)is quite gorgeous, and it gives me great pleasure to see her wonderful lyrics coupled with her beautiful paintings like this.

With the exception of "Dancin' Clown" (which would have been a fun song without Billy Idol, who I also like, but he ruins this song) the tracks selected are fantastic.

I'm in the group of fans that loves every era of Joni's career equally, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest that Joni picked songs from the 80's, or orchestral versions over original recordings. It's all good as far as I'm concerned. There is really only one Joni song (out of everything she's ever done) that I don't like, and it's Dancin' Clown. I do wish she'd picked something else in it's stead.

I'm very happy that she has decided to put out these compilations, presenting the songs in a new light, grouping them together thematically, with artwork and photographs. Rather than complain that she's not doing anything new, I'm going to keep buying them. It saves from having to put all my Joni cd's into a jukebox for a party. ;-)

Love it!.......2004-12-18

As a newcomer to the Joni fanbase, I picked up this CD when I heard her on Love Actually this past year, and fell in love with her and music. This CD is a great sampling of the different sounds of Joni.

Well... new generations need to know about Joni's talent.......2004-12-17

Of course, nothing new on this one, but it's always so good to hear Joni!
This one specially, as the hits selected are the originals, instead of those buzzy-violin of the previous one, with grand orchestra and all.

You may not complain of having a real talentuous singer-composer publishing something in this desert land we're living now. It will probably bring fresh ideas to young people who never had a chance to listen to anything but madonna and rap.

Maybe Joni's new house will inspire her more delighted music to our ears.

Why?.......2004-12-10

As other reviewers have pointed out.....why??? This compilation does nobody a service - it cheats longtime fans who have already purchased this material countless times in the past (although thankfully there isn't anything unreleased here to force them to purchase it) - and it is an unhelpful starting point for novices who are curious about Joni's brilliant catalogue. If you want to get started with Joni, buy ANY of her albums up to Court and Spark. All of these are brilliant and accessible enough to make you investigate further. At least her recent Beginning of Survival compilation had a theme - it provided a consise representation of her Geffen output so that fans who aren't too devoted didn't need to fork out for the Geffen Complete Works box set (although, it has to be said that the Geffen stuff is complete dreck). This collection has no such unifying theme, other than the fact that these tracks were all selected by Joni herself.

Big Deal.

Seeing as she now refers to her Geffen output as the most significant of her career, it's quite clear that she isn't the best judge of her own music these days. Avoid this and just work your way through her classic albums. You'll be glad you did.

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Another great Dale Watson album
Man this is pure Odessa music
Thank Gawd (for us) he's 30 years too late!
Help Save Country Music
Watson's strongest LP to date

Dreamland
Dale Watson
Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001L3LMW
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

Honky Tonkers Don't Cry
Ain't A Cow In Texas
Love At First Sight
I Wish You'd Come Around
California Wine
Never Ever
Dreamland
Fox On The Run
Way Down Texas Way
She Don't Care
Don't Rock No Cradle
Pretty Girls

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It's Dale Watson's misfortune to flaunt a devotion to straight-no-chaser honky-tonk at a time when Nashville prefers its country with about as much kick as buttermilk. Indeed, it's tempting to imagine the response an album as solid and occasionally inspired as Dreamland would have received in the heyday of Merle Haggard and George Jones. With Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson at the production helm, Watson's hard edges are softened a bit on this 12-song collection, but he's still got the perspective and pipes for putting across barroom laments that may be unsurpassed among his contemporaries. The conservational delivery of "I Wish You'd Come Around" and the masculine wistfulness of the title track are as stirring as they are effortless. Watson seems destined to haunt the fringes of country music, where connoisseurs of hardcore honky-tonk gather to toast a master who's had the hard luck to come along a couple of decades too late to get his just rewards. --Steven Stolder

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Another great Dale Watson album.......2007-03-18

This 12-number Dale Watson CD is the "tightest" sounding release of his career.....and I certainly believe that it's due to the Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) production. Of all his albums, this one is heaviest on Western Swing, and Benson's influence has created a more refined (I dare say Polished?) Dale Watson album. Still, the signature, Lefty-influenced voice of Dale is in complete control of every song here, including an outstanding cover of the classic "Fox on the Run". And, while the Western-swing sound is prominent, Dale's "Never Ever" is perfect Bakersfield Country. Unlike many albums, this one remains strong throughout. It is just criminal that Dale's music has not received the recognition that it deserves. But, as long as he continues to put out albums, I will continue to buy them.

Man this is pure Odessa music.......2007-01-29

This is what I grew up with on the radio, and listened to at the dance halls. This is not some sissy nashville sound.

Thank Gawd (for us) he's 30 years too late!.......2005-08-24

Dale Watson has giftwrapped the feel of the past with the genius of who he is today in Dreamland. You can start by comparing him to Merle Haggard, but you would be ill served to stop there. He takes all the best of Merle, Charley Pride, George Jones, and all the rest, but mixes it up with who he is as a songwriter, and most importantly -- a singer -- with few peers today. This is country crooning that hasn't been touched in over a quarter century.

So that all explains why Dale kicks it, but the album itself is so crammed full of country goodness it makes my head spin every time I put it on. You can smell the beer-soaked bar coasters in every tune and wish on Lefty's grave you were looking up from your suds to lock eyes with a halter-topped honkey-tonk honey during every steel guitar break.

My prescription for heartache, love-sickness, or just an ordinary Friday night is a half-dozen listens of Dreamland, a 12-pack of Rolling Rock, and a lady who loves to two-step. Enjoy, and I challenge you not to smile from eartip to eartip.

Help Save Country Music.......2004-10-06

Dreamland is Dale's best album in many years, and my personal favorite since Cheatin' Heart Attack. If you've given up on country music because of the loathsome dreck that's coming out of Nashvegas these days, this album will bring you back into the fold. Dale Watson plays country music the way it should be played--honest, real, and loaded with tradition. This *is* your father's country music, and that's a good thing if you like Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Webb Pierce, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, and all the other honky-tonk heroes of the early 60s. Dale Watson is one of a handful of artists (Wayne Hancock also comes to mind) who are truly dedicated to preserving the roots of country music.

You should absolutely buy this album and, if at all possible, see Dale Watson play live. But I would also urge you to then take that extra step and convert those around you who have strayed. You know who I'm talking about: your friend who went to see Kenny "no-sleeves" Chesney play at the County Fair, the guy you work with who shelled out $85 to take his girlfriend to see Tim McGraw at the megadome, the lady stopped at the traffic light with Shania Twain cranked up on the radio of her Suburban, the moron who *still* sings several verses of "Friends in Low Places" when he's had a few too many. These people are sick and they need help. This album is the perfect tonic for what ails them.

Watson's strongest LP to date.......2004-10-04

With Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson helping crystallize his honky-tonk roots, Watson's turned out his strongest album to date. There are moments, like the cyclic front-line beat of "Never Ever," that show Benson's swing influence, but mostly the producer just sharpens Watson's twangy guitar and two-steppin' rhythms, and deftly places the singer's baritone amid classic lines of fiddle and steel.

Watson's new songs (he wrote or co-wrote all twelve tracks) take in the shuffles and ballads of Ray Price, south-of-the-border tinged Bakersfield twang, blues and even bluegrass. He no longer bashes Nashville in words, finding more pointed criticism in the traditional country music idiom: lyrics of love lost and taken away and the occasional bar-side celebration, intertwined with the cries of guitar, steel and fiddle.

It's nothing new for Watson, who's long championed these sounds, but the alchemy brought to bear by his producer moves these recordings to the next level. The phased guitars and swelling steel lines of "Dreamland" add a dreamy quality to Watson's nocturnal memory of his late fiancée, and the bluegrass harmonies of "Fox on the Run" and "Pretty Girls" showcase Watson in a new, lighter setting. Together with more traditional honky-tonk tunes, this is sure to greatly please Watson's fans and attract some new converts.

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The New Percy
Times change, keep up or get left behind....
Re-Review
Ultimate power of expression
What Was He Thinking?

Dreamland
Robert Plant
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Mighty Rearranger
Fate of Nations
Sixty Six to Timbuktu
Manic Nirvana
Now & Zen

ASIN: B000066I6N
Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

Funny In My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixin' To Die)
Morning Dew
One More Cup Of Coffee
Last Time I Saw Her
Song To The Siren
Win My Train Fare Home
Darkness, Darkness
Red Dress
Hey Joe
Skip's Song

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While it kicked considerable butt to see Robert Plant reunite with his old Led Zeppelin sidekick Jimmy Page, we all knew he would rather put on his skintight "Nurses Do It Better" T-shirt than have to sing "Kashmir" one more time. Over the last few years, the man perplexingly called Percy by his close friends immersed himself in his massive collection of '60s psych-folk records, put together a new band, and made a gorgeous solo album. Comprising mostly lush readings of little-known hits, it includes a heartbreaking take of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren," a supremely affecting run-through of Bob Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee," and, best of all, a rarefied version of Tim Rose's "Morning Dew." And his version of the Youngbloods' "Darkness, Darkness" is the sexiest thing this side of Jeff Buckley's "Everybody Here Wants You." --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

The New Percy.......2007-06-03

Like many other reviewers, I'm not into the covers album thing, but Robert Plant's effort is so different. Gone are the high pitched shrieks of the 60's and 70's, and replaced with a deeply mature voice, almost bordering on crooning. Robert's voice is just beautiful from beginning to end, especially on his take of Tim Rose's Hey Joe and Darkness Darkness. The latter, showed Percy very emotional but strong with his delivery. He made the sound his own with his now familiar Eastern influence, and at over 7 minutes it was in a word, gorgeous. This is by far his best album since Principle Of Moments.

Times change, keep up or get left behind...........2006-11-08

First of all, if you're expecting Led Zeppelin era Robert Plant-or even the 80's & 90's Robert Plant, you're going to be sorely disappointed with this CD. These songs are a departure from his previous work and really can't be considered "rock". It's a blending of many different types of music that Plant has dabbled with in the past, both in his solo work and with Led Zeppelin. You're going to hear a stew of Blues, Country, Rock, Middle-Eastern and Modern Acoustic influences here-most of which is done in a style designed to evoke a "dreamlike" like ( hence the title ). What you won't hear is a 54 year old Plant trying to belt out hard-driving nods to "Communication Breakdown" or "Immigrant Song". Plant has clearly moved above and beyond trying to be what he was when he was 19. This is an album for musically mature listeners. If you're looking for a return to the Glory that was Led Zeppelin, look elsewhere, you won't find it here. Plant is one of the few aging rockers that realizes how ridiculous it looks when you try to relive or bring back a bygone era. Overall, a good purchase for someone looking for something a bit different.

Re-Review.......2006-08-05

When I first got this CD I wrote a bad review of it. But after listening to it for a while more closely It's not that bad. I guess I had heard such great things about it that when I got it my expectations were so high that I was disappointed when it turned out to be just a CD. There are some really outstanding cuts here Darkness Darkness, Another Cup of Coffee and Funny in My Mind to name a few. I'm still not happy with the production and sound quality though. Maybe it's suppose to have that retro feel or Robert in the raw touch? I understand that they have remastered it and improved the sound quality and have added two additional tracks, get that version if you can. Also if you re write your review you cannot change the star rating I would probably give it a 4 or higher now...

Ultimate power of expression.......2006-02-02

Wonderful songs, beautiful rendition, however most exceptional is the way those songs suddenly acquire meaning and as if the life on their own.

What Was He Thinking?.......2006-01-07

Ok I am not in agreence with most of the reviews here. I can't believe this was an actual Robert Plant approved release! The songs are weak from beginning to end no matter their history. I've been a fan of Plants solo work for the most part. I have not been a fan of his outtings with Jimmy Page as they are boring droing affairs as is this $15.00 coaster. I was hoping the he got all those weird noises and rythems out of his system while playing with Page. Alas he has not at all... This album is not in anyway comparible to his solo history. The man sounds old and tired on every vocal. He might sound believable in his delivery but still that cannot sell the music he's putting forth. Production quality is decent as to be expected from Plant but I keep harping about the songs and they are the weakness of this album. If your a fan of vanilla folk music with african/indian instruments then great your in for a treat. If you want to hear the man rock or croon look elsewhere.

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Dreamland
Robert Plant
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LV6REG
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Funny In My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixin' To Die)
Morning Dew
One More Cup Of Coffee
Last Time I Saw Her
Song To The Siren
Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky)
Darkness Darkness
Red Dress
Hey Joe
Skip's Song
Dirt In A Hole
Last Time I Saw Her

Album Description

Dreamland is a creative piece with a new band and an inspired and eclectic collection of covers. The disc radiated a Zeppelin-like spirit on classics including "Darkness, Darkness," "Morning Dew," "One More Cup of Coffee," "Hey Joe," and the smashing original, "Red Dress." Two rare bonus cuts include "Dirt In A Hole" and a remix of "Last Time I Saw Her."

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Stunning performance by an incredible artist

Dreamland
Michael Junior
Manufacturer: Couer De Lion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Goes Classic, Vol. 2

ASIN: B000058548
Release Date: 1999-11-13

Tracks:

Mondo
Rr
Edelweiss
Santa Lucia
Panis Angelicus - Michael Junior, Helmut Lotti
Spagnola
Who'll Come With Me
Aimer
Seuls Les Cygnes Vont La-Bas
Ave Maria
You'll Never Walk Alone
Magicien
Friends - Michael Junior, Helmut Lotti

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With appealing charm, unaffected innocence, and a voice as pretty as the young Wayne Newton's, 13-year-old Michael Verschuere (hence the "Junior") performs a collection of European popular music and classical standards sweetly and unpretentiously. The Belgian wunderkind sings proficiently in five languages; the kid must learn one each year! His enjoyable voice is full-throated and punctuated by a mature vibrato, as he captures the casual swagger of the Italian popular style in "Il Mondo," and croons the French standards with joie de vivre. Most of the selections are interpreted in a simple and straightforward manner, with a one-dimensional emotional range, not surprising for an adolescent. This is particularly problematic, however, when the boy tackles such classics as "Ave Maria," and "Panis Angelicus," which demand interpretive embellishment to be musically satisfying. If optimistic and kind-hearted teenage boys with pretty voices are your thing, or if you swoon at the thought of Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, and Andrea Bocelli sharing a stage together, you will adore this disc. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Album Description

Debut album for the angelic voiced phenomenon (think Charlotte Church). Accompanied by a symphony orchestra on classical songs like 'Santa Lucia', 'Ave Maria' and standards like 'Edelweiss' and two duets with Helmut Lotti, 'Paris Angelicu s' and 'Friends'. Standard jewel case. 1999 release.

Album Details

This release from The Belgian Boy Soprano presents all of the tracks on his Fall 2000 PBS special of the same name, plus two extras. Just thirteen years old at the time of the taping, Junior sings in four languages: English, Italian, French and Latin. Features two duets with Mentor Helmut Loti: 'Panis Angelicus' and 'Friends'.

Customer Reviews:

Stunning performance by an incredible artist.......2001-03-20

Powerful, beautiful and stunning performance by an incredibly gifted young singer! Flawless and impressive talent with genuine compassion and charm. Definite 5-star -- absolutely the best!

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1. Mondo
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5. Panis Angelicus - Michael Junior, Helmut Lotti
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7. Who'll Come With Me
8. Aimer
9. Seuls Les Cygnes Vont La-Bas
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