Shirley Bassey - The Remix Album: Diamonds Are Forever
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Free Music Notes for The Remix Album: Diamonds Are Forever
Free Music Review: Over looked Singers
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm 35 and I remember when was a kid and my mother would play Shirley Bassey records and other 60's singers! I remember the power and the majesty that is her voice and this woman can belt it out. She is probably one of the most forgotten or should I say most over looked Singers of the 60's and 70's!
So I was looking through my Mothers old LP's that my father had kept after her death and I saw the Moonraker soundtrack and I was compelled to pick it up on CD so I made a trip to my local record store but no luck! So I put a search of the music on I-tunes and I found this compilation so I down loaded it!
This music makes me feel like a kid again when my mom played her records. This compilation does not get old and it has re-sparked my interest in Shirley Bassey. I must agree with most if not all the posts here this compilation is worth getting.
I did not realize that the Propeller heads made a re mix of one of her songs on there first CD. I am now a fan of remixed music. I was for the logiest time a purest on not remixing music but this CD has made me change my mind. The remixes on this CD have given this music and Artist new life: it's like opening an attic and airing it out and rearranging the boxes. I am utterly impressed with this CD.
By far "Spinning Wheel" is my favorite song but "If you go away" is assume! I am now on the hunt for remixed CD's of this caliber. If you are a fan on funk, soul, electronica and women who can belt it out this is the CD for you. If you are a purist don't bother but then again it could change the way you see the remix art form!
Free Music Review: The Best of Bassey's Stylings
Hit: 5 Stars
When I told my friends about Shirley Bassey - The Remix Album, most of them had no idea who she was; then when I burst into the theme song from Diamonds are Forever, it finally hit them.Shirley Bassey has graced us with several of the James Bond movie theme songs over the ages. The Remix Album rekindles the magic of these past hits with a new twist. I love Bassey's lounge cover "Light My Fire." by The Doors. I must admit that Bassey definitely has influenced my own personal vocal style.
For those of you who are Propellerheads fans and groups like them, you'll appreciate this album. This album is a definite must have--I never leave home without it.
Free Music Review: You'll never get tired of listening
Hit: 5 Stars
I accidently found this album two summers ago in New York at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square and after just listening to the first track I was amazed. My favorite has to be "If You Go Away" the way it builds will send chills down your spine. You start to imagine how you would feel if someone sang this to you like she does. After I had shown it to my friend he took it to one of his friends who doesn't even like techno and she was even amazed. I can't say enough good things about this album. It's just magical.Free Music Review: Use that "skip track" button wisely
Hit: 3 Stars
I love the "Light My Fire" and "Diamonds are Forever" mixes on this album. Luckily, you can play them over and over and they never seem to bore. Good thing, too, as you won't listen to "Easy Thing to Do," "Never, Never, Never" or "If You Go Away" beyond the original listenings.And as for "Moonraker"...well, it didn't work then, and it doesn't work now. That's more than offset though by "Goldfinger," still the reigning gold standard for the mostly lame Bond theme songs that followed. [Anyone remember "View to a Kill" by Duran Duran?]
Free Music Review: It's not possible for a remix CD to be this good ... is it?!
Hit: 5 Stars
I was so wary of this release. In fact, I was HORRIFIED to hear that Shirley Bassey - correction, Legend Shirley Bassey - was going to have her extensive back catalogue slaughtered by current DJ's. Who could bring Goldfinger into the 2000?! It simply cannot be done! You cannot reinterpret what is an iconic symbol of the seventies into the current music world!Well, I was wrong.
Instead of simply taking Bassey's tracks and replacing the backing with thumping Eurobeats (which actually I wouldn't have minded on anyone BUT Bassey ... you do not mess with Bassey), the songs here have been lovingly reworked. awayTEAM make "Where Do I Begin" the perfect opening track - intense, loving, and that wonderful breakaway part ("I don't need loooove...") is as fulfilling as its ever been. "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Goldfinger" (mixed by Mantronik and the Propellerheads, respectively) are wonderfully true to the originals, yet more Bond than ever, whilst Groove Armada take "Never Never Never" into a midnight lounge deep in the Amazon jungle. "Big Spender" is one of the more eccentric mixes from Wild Oscar, slowly down certain parts and pumping others up, generally giving it a boost and some delicious disco-come-porn licks here and there whilst Shirley teasingly purrs "wouldn't you like to have ... how's about a few?"
Award for strangest mix goes to Moloko's meddling with "If You Go Away". What starts off as an orchestral mix, soon transforms into a mind-boggling techno mix so extremely fervent I thought that if it didn't stop my heart was going to explode. For fans of "Light My Fire", you'll find two mixes here by Twelftree and Kenny Dope, my vote going to the Kenny Dope mix which slightly funkifies the original track but keeps the vibe of the record the same.
In fact, that's what the majority of remixers do on this sparkling collection. And it's in Bassey's favour ... she has never sounded better.