Wonderful First Album!
588668
Collabro recently won Britain's Got Talent TV show.  This album offers songs from several music genres...  Stars and Bring Him Home from Les Miserables, Say Something (I'm giving up on you), Over the Rainbow...12 songs in all. These 5 singers have mellow, manly voices that blend smoothly.  I can hardly wait for more albums from Collabro!
906667
I am just a regular person who loves listening to good music. And I have to say, this CD quite impressed me. For a debut album, it has all the reasons to become everyone's favorite. Nice fusion of digitally synthesized and guitar sounds, not too overwhelming lyrics... The music has some fresh flair to it that makes this CD suitable for any mood and time of the day. I like how they picked the order for the tracks in a CD - slow compositions are nicely mixed with the ones that are fast and make you want to get up and dance. I personally like the unusual collaboration of male and female vocal. I think that Emily Grace's  soft velvet voice might even be a little bit more featured. It makes a nice addition to Mark Ballas and Derek Hough's voices.  This album will definitely get to the music top charts.
618697
Really loved this album. Great starter album and will only buy more :) Hard to pick my favorite song but I'm pleased with this .
2658184
"Pieces of You", the debut effort of now mega-star, Jewel, is a beautiful and soulful beginning to an already amazing career.  Her music transcends fad and image to envelop the mind into quiet contemplation.  Truly, her songs are artful!  The famous, "You Were Meant for Me"  in its original version on this album is tender and charming, where the  obscure, "Amen", is chilling and haunting.  This album embodies  the grass roots effort of Jewel; where it all came from.  Most tracks are  simply her and her guitar and a real intimacy is achieved.  Most of my  descriptives thus far have included tender, and charming, but there is a  real sense of power and force from this album - a power that is surreal and  wrapped in her heavenly voice.  This album is such a breath of fresh air  from the modern angst and "pain", but this album is by no means  bubble gun and sunshine.  No words can really describe the aura of her  music - so you'll just have to check it out for yourself!
3011120
This album was my first exposure to Julie Fowlis, and I am elated that I got to see her in concert to hear this music for the first time. Julie's voice brings magic and lyrical beauty to the words of each tale. Listening to her sing, even without understanding each word (yet), evokes every emotion intended to come forth with each song. Julie's warm and welcoming personality allows her fans to feel a connection to her through her music.

I'm off to buy the rest of her music!
1797796
Remember how your parents used to throw some oldies on during the weekend and just mellow out?  Or when they talked about how music from their era was so much better than the stuff out now?  Well, I'd have to say that "Who Is Jill Scott: Words And Sounds Vol. 1" is one of those albums.  We'll be talking about this album when we're in our late 40's or early 50's.  When our kids put on their music and we cringe as they dance, this will be one of the albums that we take out and show them as we fuss at them about what real music is.  Jill Scott's debut LP is a work of art.  In an age where most R&B acts are only covering a short range of topics (sex, adultery, ghetto tales, or money), Jill decided to take the high road.  As I exit my 20's and enter my 30's (I'm only 27), I find myself looking for music that isn't so in-your-face and sleezy.  I'm starting to gain an appreciation for the tasteful stuff.  This album is tasteful, refreshing, amazing, and flawless.  The scary thing is that when you make an album of this caliber, fans will want more and it has to be just as good or better than the first.  After I write this review, I'm heading over to my local music outlet and getting her new CD, hopefully she steps up to the challenge.  She will always have this debut album though.  There isn't a thing wrong with this CD and you can't say anything bad about it.  Jill has outdone herself with this album.  5 stars.  This is great stuff.

Standout Tracks:  The entire album stands out.
1097398
I was very impressed to hear the debut album of Becky Middleton!  She has been well-known on the Dallas music scene, where she honed her lyrical and musical talents for several years, before releasing this album.  In listening to this album, I hear a sound reminiscent of late-'90s Jewel; a folk/country sound that has poetic lyrics and emotional depth.  I look forward to hearing future works by this new artist.
3944102
I don't have kids, I've never seen Blue's Clues (I'd heard of it but when you're in a childless house children's shows don't have any appeal) so when I first heard this album via the fantastic interactive website I was drawn in enough to buy the album.
I wasn't the slightest bit disappointed.  What I found was a warm collection of mesmerizing melodies that would roll around in my head for days.  Six months later and it's still in the CD player.
Bare in mind, this is very much a first album and there are the odd, fleeting moments, where you wonder - huh?  But how many times has someone gone on to produce fantastic music and you've wished you were there when it all began.
This album is that perfect begining.  If i'm only giving it four stars it's because I know there's better to come.
2824824
I love their debut album...and I love their follow-up just as much!  It has different sounds---more mature and spiritual.  A lot of these songs are about the ladies' lives and the good and bad they have gone through.  Very, very interesting and heart-filling...sad as well.  "Shadows And Light" is a great title for this album.  This album was so worth buying!  A lot of hard work and effort was put into this disk!  Wonderful!  Their voices sweep me off my feet!  Carnie is magnificant with the piano!
1.  "I Hear You (Prelude)"  (4/5)
2.  "It's Only Life"  (5/5)
3.  "You Won't See Me Cry"  (5/5)
4.  "Give It Up"  (5/5)
5.  "This Doesn't Have To Be Love"  (5/5)
6.  "Where Are You"  (5/5)
7.  "Flesh And Blood"  (5/5)
8.  "Don't Take Me Down"  (5/5)
9.  "All The Way From New York"  (5/5)
10.  "Fueled For Houston"  (2/5)
11.  "Goodbye, Carmen"  (5/5)
12.  "Alone"  (3/5)
13.  "I Hear You (Reprise)"  (5/5)
Get this you guys!  It's great!
1452563
What a great first album! This is pure no gimmicks, unadulterated rock and roll. The crunchy guitar work on here reminds me a little of Keith Richards, or Ron Wood when he was with the Faces. Hambridge brought on 4 hired guns for guitar duties on here. The most prominent being Mike Welch, who has had a good solo career himself. He also has brought on the great voice of Susan Tedeschi. Hambridge produced her great solo album "Just Won't Burn", and wrote many of the songs on that album. The first single off this album is Opposites Attract", in which Hambridge and Tedeschi trade musical barbs with each other."I like to listen, she likes to talk,I like the front seat, he likes the back, I bark like a dog, she purrs like a pussycat". I'm betting they had a lot of fun with that song. She also joins him with some seriously good singing on "Long Way Home", and the slow burner "Highway", that's got some of the best guitar work on the album. One of my favorites on here is "Gas",in which Hambridge brings in a sitar that gives the song a 60's psychedelic sound. Different than anything on the album. Catchy and very cool. In between all this is just fun rock and roll that hasn't been sung with this much passion since the early days of Springsteen. Hambridge is a very good songwriter and producer. Something you don't see very often by somebody who just plays drums and sings. If your a fan of the old Stones or Faces, and hungry for some of that kind of rock and roll, I promise you that you'll love this one. My favorite album from 2000.
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I decided to check out this album basically on a whim. Never really payed much attention to the single on the radio, but I noticed some strong reviews for it, so I went out and bought it. I wasn't dissapointed. This is a very interesting and promising band, and its a very strong debut.

Comparisons are bound to be made about the lead singers voice, and while he does sound like other famous artists, I find his singing to be very strong and unique in its own right. All the songs on the album are very well done, and they are brimming with emotion and feeling. The only complaint you could really lay against this album is that it does sound like other bands that have come out in the past few years. While that may be true to a certain extent, all music is influenced by some other form of music in one way or another. And Evans blue just makes this kind of music very well. One thing I like is that each song adds something a little different or unique to it, so it never feels like more of the same.

Overall, I'm very glad I picked this album up, i'd highly recommend it for hard rock/alt fans. I look forward to see where this band goes from here.
2438568
Fantastic album, very glad that I accidently came across this artist!
4204246
Another album I chanced upon in the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" for some other group. Wow, this is a great debut from this group and I can't wait to hear what they do on future albums. This album has a steady rock/pop rock undertone with tasty guitar work, solid rhythm work in the base and drums and catchy vocals. They also make the crossover into prog territory often enough on more than half of the songs and it is here that they really start to shine although the less prog-ish elements are also really nice. The ending of "Breathe Shallow" really suprised me because it sounded more like a mostly traditional kind of pop-rock song and then shifted gears there in the last couple minutes. I almost deducted one star because of the length of the album; clocking in at under 40 mins it feels way too short for a full length release and I really wanted more on there to enjoy. But I will be listening to this one a lot so I can't let the album duration drag down my sheer enjoyment of the music.
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I am a big Kate Bush fan.  I really love her unique style of music.  She is one of the few true unique artists that are out there in the world of music.
This is Kate's debut album.  As her first album I think the Kick Inside is more than just a kick.  This album really moves you.  It is a great album with great songs. Kate really does a fine job in utilizing her talent as a singer and as a writer.
A fantastic debut album with original work by the artist herself.
Check out the tracks Wuthering Heights, Strange Phenomenon, Kite, and Feel It to really feel Kate.
3868218
This is her first album and is a great one. "Anticonformity' and 'Fire' are great songs and worth having in your collection. :D
4013817
I find Un Certo Non So Che continually refreshing. As a self-produced first foray into recording by this young artist, I give her high kudos for her choice of material and her commitment to each piece she sings.

Ms Scheider's voice at times is sparkling, in other places warm and lush, and always clear as she displays versatility and sensitivity in the range of material, and solid knowledge of baroque style. Some pieces are stronger than others (Vergin Tutto... and Lascia, Lascia are my favorites here), but throughout there is much that makes this cd very listenable.

I was very impressed with this debut album. Un Certo Non So Che is a promising beginning, and I have no doubt we will hear more from this talented young artist.
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Great first overdue album by Jaasiel! Music is a family trade, and Jaasiel with Ka Berto is ready to share his vibrant and melodic songs with the world!