Fame Academy: Bee Gess Special [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B0000BZNNM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #351,149 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Should Be Dancing

2. Guilty

3. To Love Somebody

4. Words

5. Massachusetts

6. Too Much Heaven

7. How Deep Is Your Love

8. More Than a Woman

9. Heartbreaker

10. I've Gotta Get a Message to You

11. You Win Again

12. Islands in the Stream

13. Tragedy

Editorial Reviews

The Fame Academy Bee Gees special is the first product to be released from the UK series and is a compilation of songs performed on the show. Polydor is the home of fame Academy, bringing its breadth of experience with reality based TV (popstars and popst

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent raw talent, August 29, 2003

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Anne M. Johnson (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fame Academy: Bee Gess Special (Audio CD)

I listen to this cd over and over and over again. Simone shines on this album with her beautiful honey voice on "Heartbreaker". It's amazing how much raw talent is out there and not part of record deals. I highly recommend this cd.

3.0 out of 5 stars A Mixed Bag, September 17, 2003

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Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fame Academy: Bee Gess Special (Audio CD)

Being a huge Bee Gees fan and owning nearly all their tribute albums, I have to say I have very mixed feelings about this collection. It's great to hear young artists cover classic songs from the last forty years and it's fun to hear new arrangements. However, there isn't much soul or feeling in these renditions. All of them sound like enhanced karaoke. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but if you listen to cover versions by some of the greats (Al Green, Nina Simone, Michael Bolton, Barbra Streisand), you'll hear the inflection of real emotion and vibrance. I wouldn't steer anyone away from this collection, but I just love the originals too much.