Chinese Wall

Philip Bailey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002610
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,121 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HE JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!!!, April 5, 1999

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GERRI DOMINO ([e-mail]) (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chinese Wall (Audio CD)

THIS IS A WONDERFUL CD THAT YOU WILLENJOY HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.IN "FOR EVERY HEART THATS BEEN BROKEN" YOU CAN FEEL THE SENSITIVITYOF PHILIP BAILEY. THEN THERE IS THEROMANTIC "SHOW YOU THE WAY TO LOVE"THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CD'S WHERE ITSREALLY DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE A FAVORITE.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent highlighting of the power and grace of P. Bailey., August 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Chinese Wall (Audio CD)

"Photogenic Memory" already sells you quickly on this collector's CD, esp. if you are a musician of any genre and are familiar w/ the percussion talents of Paulinho da Costa. For fans like me who have liked Brazilian themes since the late 60's, I know Paulinho's work from his collaborations w/ Sergio Mendes. (See "Primal Roots" for classic examples of Mendes/da Costa work.)

Of course, the most fun track is #6, "Easy Lover", featuring the excellent counterbalancing of the Bailey/Collins voices forefronting Phil's wonderful cabbage-chopping work on his trap set. One can almost see the silvery flashiness of his Zildjian Platinum crashes, and underlining punctuations on the high hat. Complimenting everything perfectly are the work of the other musicians, esp. Nathan West's bass lines: sensual, throbbing, and definitive, but not overpowering. Somehow, even has many times as I have heard this number on FM, nothing can surpass playing this! CD track on quad stereo w/ the equalizer pushed up a bit to further highlight Phillip's E,W, & F signature range interweaving around Phil's primary melodic path.

This listener's favorite, however, esp. because of its incredible change in mood and texture from its previous track is "Show You The Way To Love". It demonstrates Phillip's own depth, sensitivity, and capabilities to interpret his music and lyrics beyond his mesmerizingly viscous falsetto style.

And, if nothing else grabs you listening to this CD (even my Deaf friends keep borrowing it to feel its "biorhythms", by the way), Phillip's profile cover photo, the photo of The Great Wall, and the inside photos of the band, producers, and studio guys at work and at play shows just how much fun it must have been to realize the end product. Check it out: there are even neat b&w photos of our buddy, Phil Collins, w/ more hair than I've ever seen on his cute, little noggin!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have CD, November 8, 2002

By 

e.s. ortiz-gonzalez (Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chinese Wall (Audio CD)

While overall this CD is fine -a swan song for the R&B genre?-, for me the song here -the one that makes me rate this album with five stars- is "Walking on the Chinese Wall". That song -that incredible song- stands out easily between the other songs here, including the smash hit "Easy Lover". For those who have heard this song before, they will agree with me that once you listen to it with your eyes closed -a good set of headphones is a must- you will experience an overwhelming, near unspeakable experience that leaves you high and dry and wanting to listen to it all over again and again and again. Yes, "Easy Lover", "Children of the Ghetto" and "Show You The Way To Love" are nice songs, where Phillip Bailey sings beautifully. But in "Walking..." his singing stands as class apart. His voice plays joyfully with the drums, the chorus voices, the bass... gosh, believe me when I say -and I'm not exaggerating- that this song is a landmark of the eighties, a pristine example of the good great music that were done at that time. Tempted? Why not! I'm sure you will love it. So check this out. enjoy.