It's hard not to start feeling sentimental after hearing the loose collection of love ballads that comprise the Notting Hill soundtrack. The romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant is filled with the modern sounds of love--as sung by everyone from pop harmonizers (Boyzone, 98 Degrees) to classic soulsters (Bill Withers, Al Green). The Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'" adds a garage-rock edge, but if you're not up for slow-burning love tunes, this soundtrack probably isn't for you. Two guitar-based score tracks from composer Trevor Jones fill out Notting Hill and add nice instrumental touches to the disc. --Jason Verlinde

1999年末，坂本龙一在日本推出了一张个人钢琴独奏专辑《BTTB》，这么张内敛静默的唱片竟然成了日本几乎人手一张的超级热卖碟。更有意思的是，《BTTB》中有一首名为“Energy Flow”（流动的能量）的曲子。当时，坂本写作它的时候是为某成药电视广告所作的配乐，可谁又想到坂本龙一完全的应景之作竟掀起了一阵抢购风潮。甚至，这张唱片的销售业绩大大超过了原本是主角的药片。可能这首带有法国印象派韵味的“Energy Flow”的疗效比该药片更胜一筹吧。坂本说：“这首曲子献给那些承受社会压力的人们。”
专辑《BTTB》指的是Back To The Basic（返璞归真）。电气化的坂本龙一展示了一番他空手夺白刃的硬功夫，除了两段向John Cage致敬的加料钢琴（prepared piano）曲外，其余曲子均是在传统钢琴上弹奏的。这次，他抛开了Yellow Magic Orchestra时期的流行曲风，实验电子音乐和他浪漫的电影音乐，《BTTB》可以说是坂本最个人化的唱片。他从小受正规的古典钢琴训练，所以他在这张专辑中演奏了萨蒂、拉威尔、勃拉姆斯的作品，他们都是坂本最喜爱的音乐家。甚至他在专辑中的一首拉威尔的小奏鸣曲里，依然保留了他10岁时曾弹过的一个错音。真是返璞归真到家了。“我给这张专辑起标题时，还没想这么深。‘basic'只是指钢琴。它是我的第一件乐器，也是和我这一生关系最紧密的。但我从来没有出版过一张钢琴独奏专辑。所以，我要做这这么一张。专辑中有一部分音乐使我想起了自己的童年。”如今的坂本龙一已经成为一个象征，从一个钢琴神童到一个横跨古典与前卫音乐界的怪物。而最让人们敬佩的是：他是唯一一个绝对热卖但丝却毫不受好莱坞操控的配乐大师。

86年作品。3年のブランクを経てリリース。当時のテクノロジーを駆使して作り上げたポップ・アルバム。ボーナストラック「MY BABY QUEEN」収録。

In 1995, Mauro Pezzente moved into a loft with his then-girlfriend in the Mile End of Montreal. Pezzente used the flat as a performance venue, dubbing it the Gallery Quiva. Around 1996, fumes from the mechanic's garage below the loft forced them to vacate it. Shortly after their departure, Efrim Menuck moved into the space and established Hotel2Tango, serving both as a recording studio and practice space. There, in 1997, the original recording of F♯ A♯ ∞ took place. By this time, the band had reached an unwieldy 15 members. In preparation of the album, they trimmed their numbers to ten.
The culmination of material spanning back to 1993 resulted in two lengthy songs, each about 20 minutes in length. After the record's release, the band became interested in touring the United States. In order to make headway, they sent a copy of their album to the Chicago-based record label Kranky. Impressed by the recording, Kranky offered to re-release the album on compact disc. The band quickly returned to the studio and re-recorded the album, which was released in June 1998. Changes to the album included the addition, subtraction and reorganization of material, resulting in three tracks and slightly over an hour of music.
All of the tracks feature a number of field recordings and sampled sounds, once referred to by David Keenan of The Wire as "eschatological tape loops." Therefore, the overall theme of the album is often pinned as apocalyptic. Indeed, English director Danny Boyle was heavily inspired by the album during the making of 28 Days Later. During an interview with The Guardian, he explained, "I always try to have a soundtrack in my mind [when creating a film]. Like when we did Trainspotting, it was Underworld. For me, the soundtrack to 28 Days Later was Godspeed. The whole film was cut to Godspeed in my head."
Co-founder and bassist Mauro Pezzente performing with Godspeed You! Black Emperor in London, England in November 2000.
The opening track, "The Dead Flag Blues", begins with an ominous introduction which originates from an unfinished screenplay by guitarist Efrim Menuck. Backed by a string melody, the speaker describes a derelict city, where the government is corrupt and the inhabitants are drunks. The introduction is followed by the sounds of a train and high-volume suspended noise. This eventually develops into a Western-themed melody, and is capped off by an upbeat section which includes glockenspiel, violin, and slide guitar.
The second track, "East Hastings", is named after East Hastings Street in Vancouver's blighted Downtown Eastside. It begins with bagpipes reprising the theme of "The Dead Flag Blues" and backing the shouts of a street preacher. The sermon slowly quiets, and is replaced with the movement "The Sad Mafioso...", an edited version of which appeared in the film 28 Days Later. The movement also contains a brief portion where the band quietly sings in a rare occurrence of vocals.[α] The track concludes with a series of electronic noises and buzzing until throbbing bass takes over.
The final track, "Providence", is considerably longer than the first two, coming in around 30 minutes in length. James Oldham of NME described it as "part The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and part Spiritualized drone freakout."The introduction features a vox pop interviewee who references "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.[β] The speaker is quickly replaced with a cello piece accompanied by glockenspiel, violin, and horn. Percussion is added to the melody which peaks, and is continued by a distorted singing woman performing Hazel Dickens' Gathering Storm. A quasi-military tune follows and is eventually taken over by the sung phrase "Where are you going? Where are you going?" The voice is sampled from the song "By My Side," from the 1970 musical Godspell. A collage of sounds and drones then round off the track. After a period of silence, a brief coda named for the American musician John Lee Hooker is performed.

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This is one of my favorite albums (though not as good as the amazing "Ametora"). Ua is impossible to categorize. She has melodic, catchy songs, followed by freeform jazz, followed by latin beat or caribbean beat songs, all on the same disk. Her voice is hypnotic and soulful - a far cry from the screaching of most J-pop singers. In fact, the only reason she is even considered J-pop is because she is from Japan, that is where the similarities end. If you have a chance to catch her live, do not miss it. For those of you who won't be in Japan any time soon, she has a concert video floating around somewhere that is well worth seeing.

超越外表的缺陷、挑戰體能的極限，法國之子、米榭‧派卓契亞尼(Michel Petrucciani)每次的現場演出總是光芒四射、璀璨耀眼讓人讚嘆不已！熱愛德布西及拉威爾兩位法國印象派古典大師的音樂，米榭‧派卓契亞尼的樂聲充滿了誠摯的情感與如詩般的敘事風格，然而後咆勃爵士出神入化的彈奏技法，讓他的音樂時而行雲流水、時而快速猛烈，曲目風格轉換之間自然超越毫不費力！

Two CD set at a special price, includes the hits, 'Bla Bla Bla', 'La Passion', 'Another Way' & 'The Riddle' as heard in the clubs. Fans of Fastball give a listen to Gigi's version of 'The Way'. Slimline double jewel case. 2001 release.

西岡恭蔵と岡島善文が86年に発表した作品で,軽快なR&Rの1で軽く意表を突いて,和製トロピカル・ソングの名曲2へとなだれ込む。こうなると完全に二人のペース。あれもこれもいろんな世界が登場しているのに,筋がビシッと通っているからすごい。

69 Love Songs is the sixth studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields, released on September 7, 1999 by Merge Records. As its title indicates, 69 Love Songs is a three-volume concept album composed of 69 love songs, all written by Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt.

全亚洲好口碑，值得收藏的天后代表作《我可以抱你吗？爱人》。
“我可以抱你吗”小虫跨刀制作，成就天后代表作，呈现A-Mei更为深刻内敛的音乐表情。“给我感觉”、“日出”雪碧广告曲，清凉透明，畅快大江南北。
“当我开始偷偷得想你”雨生式摇滚+A-Mei爆发性演唱。“一三天三夜”超动感舞曲，72小时不停歇，热力无极限。
“好想见你”、“不在乎他”之日文感动版，体会来自异乡的思念，“别在伤口洒盐”新世代恋爱价值讽A-Mei个性诠释，贴近都会男女心……

在蟄伏長達10年之後，眼看著就要進入21世紀，蘇來以石破天驚之勢，推出了他最新的作品「大火」。這張作品展現出來的氣勢與質感，不僅讓那些懷念蘇來歌聲的老樂迷感到驚艷，也讓年輕的樂迷了解到這位傳奇創作人寬廣的創作能力！

1998 Original Cast Live Recording

The pride of Troms°, Norway, Lene Marlin's 1999 debut features stunning vocal work in the vein of Natalie Imbruglia and Sheryl Crow. Features her first two singles, 'Sitting Down Here' & 'Unforgivable Sinner' plus 'Way We Are', 'Maybe I'll Go' & an acoustic version of 'Way We Are' that was not included on the original pressing.