Amy Denio - Greatest Hits

Amy Denio

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Unit Circle
• ASIN: B00000J9FR
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #340,524 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Alternative Press - November 1999
As the 19 pieces ultimately demonstrate, Denio is very difficult to categorize, but she always has something significant to say.

Product Description
When Amy approached us about putting out a Greatest Hits album, we were ecstatic. Amy has produced an amazing amount of excellent music over her career. It was a hard time figuring out which pieces to use. Luckily for us, MØ re Music, in Italy, had produced a limited-edition version of a Greatest Hits album and had picked almost the perfect tracks. We augmented their choices with some of our own, including newer material. The result is as much as we could have ever hoped for. A collection of material from an artist with a long and distinguished career that succeeds in showing where she has been and where she is going.

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars add this to your collection, September 6, 1999

By A Customer

this is one of the coolest cd's i've come across in some time. not only is amy denio filled with an amazing voice but her music (along with that of her various groups) is sensational. this "spoot" music is something very very honest and beautiful. i'd go to seattle just to check out one of her shows. this CD has a nice mix of styles and essentially a collage of aural pleasure. "les some se repondent" is a nice stereolabish song, "dishwasher" is very funny and has cool dishwasher sampling, "you never call me anymore" is filled with deep louie armstrong vocals...etc etc. take a listen, you will not regret it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fortunately good music exists, January 6, 2001

By	"refolo" (Bala Cynwyd, PA USA) - See all my reviews

I went to a concert last night where Amy Denio was guest artist with the Relache Ensemble Music at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. I was immediately struck by the quality of her music when she started singing daring overtones with her voice and accordion. I have a gift for recognizing good quality music (maybe I should say ...the music I like!, but you know what I mean), my simple categories are: "good", "bad", "deserves more listening". Amy is strikingly good. She seems to me like a serious "researcher". Sometimes I wonder about music genres, "what happened to jazz", where is the good "research" going? In this example, no need for labels: it is just good music. Denio's pieces, some of them composed for the Relache music ensemble, were the artistic highlights of the evening. The musical atmosphere was intense, well-structured, intelligent, sometimes painful (but never indulgent), sometimes very humorous (in some sudden changes of rhythm). Some compositions suggest a long, tough process of personal maturation ("Hopeful ID" was the interesting title of one of the pieces at the concert; I wonder if that refers to "identity", and/or has a more Freudian connotation). Back to the "Greatest hits" CD. I bought it at the concert and found the quality I expected. This is a collection of songs with different groups (or solo) over more than 10 years. I will just mention my favorites: "Secret crush" (interesting combination of instruments with alto sax and cymbals among others), "Traffic island Psycho" (I would call this a...psychiatric text! see also "Psycho marlboro"), "Salvatore" (Italian...salad, see the Ferrari-amore-mozzarella text; this one has a good change of rhythm), "Funeral music" (good use of the alto sax; not at all sad as the title would suggest), "you never call me anymore" (accordion and bass go well together; oops there is another "psycho" here...this one is I would say "psycho-humoristic"! and boy, what a voice!), "Les sons se repondent" (good bunch of players), "Ambaraba ci ci co co" (Italian filastrocca - yes I am from Italy - makes me curious about the "Non lo so, Polo" album; please note the closing "ci ci"!). Conclusion: I recommend this album to anyone interested in good music and art in general (which is rare: Amy, sincere congratulations). Enjoy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different - - - In a Good Way, October 27, 1999

By	Harvest Moon (Grand Prairie, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Absolutely wonderful. Hard to categorize. A little jazz, some ambient, a bit of French bubble gum... If you appreciate music by Kate Bush, early Throwing Muses, or the Red House Painters, you'll probably enjoy it.