Free Spirit [Enhanced, Import]

S-Tone Inc. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Import
• Label: Milano
• ASIN: B00004RBIG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,763 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Heartbreaker

2. The Sweetest Lie

3. Free Spirit

4. Arejar

5. Rio Angeles

6. Colazione Da Tiffany

7. Hanging About

8. So Far Away

9. Some Kind of Nostalgia

10. Promenade Sur La Lune

11. En La Piel

Editorial Reviews

Three years after "Love unlimited" and two after the drum & bass concept album "Space Odyssey", created with the stage name Cosmorama, this is the new S-Tone inc. project which does not betray the atmospheres and the variety of the first. "Free spirit" is not a soul album in the sense the word is used, but soul is the key to read each track though other influences, from bossa nova to trip hop to name but two, blend together to create the distinctive "S-Tone inc." sound. The new songs feature the collaboration of singers, like the soulful Angie Brown and the sensual Manuela Ravaglioli, both on the previous album, to the smooth D.D. Klein and the harsh Dany Rando. A step forward from the precedent album is the extensive use of real guitars paired with vintage keyboards adding further depth to the already rich sound.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good CD, December 16, 2001

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bordersj2 (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Spirit (Audio CD)

FIrst, let me say this CD is very very very difficult to find. THe record label is out of Milan, ITaly, and even if you look in the European sites, you're still hard pressed to find them. I found both of S-Tone Inc's releases, Free Spirit and "Love Unlimited" on Amazon.fr and Amazon.de.

For those new to S-Tone Inc., most of their music can be heard in Chillout CD's, new Bossa Nova compilations and cafe/lounge compilations like Break N' Bossa and Brazilectro. Their most popular songs were Saudade... not on either of their cd's, Arejar, and Ainda Sonhar. Their style is similar to Mo Horizon's first album however this, their last release, is pretty unique and more latin feeling.

This one, Free SPirit, is the better of their two releases in my opinion. It features Arejar, Rio Angeles, and etc. Love Unlimited was a bit disappointing to me because I expected to hear more songs like "Ainda Sonhar". FOrtunately in Free SPirit, S-Tone Inc. features more of that sound in Rio Angeles and Arejar to name a few. I enjoyed this album - more so than their last release and recommend it. However if you have heard their music from compilations and expect to find purely teh same as sound through and through as was on those various comps, you may want to be wary.

Also... if this helps consumers. S-Tone Inc., Nicola Conte, Soulstance... all the "Bossa Italia"/Nova Bossa Nova sounds. Similar music which I also enjoyed that is similar to S-Tone Inc.: Mo' Horizons' and Truby Trio/Glucklich compilations/Break N' Bossa compilations. Enjoy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 2nd Best S-Tone Inc Album, September 24, 2006

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Shen Hua "the Magnificent Sound" (Beijing, China) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Spirit (Audio CD)

Thought I rated this one as S-Tone Inc's second best album, below their masterpiece release in 2002, Sobrenatural, this one is still a very inspirational album I've heard this year... (I only found it in 2006, a bit late but still, a real find!)

Free Spirit, Arejar is the best two tracks in this album.

If you enjoy S-Tone Inc, try other bands come from this Amazing Italian Label(shcema): the Dinning Rooms; Soulstance; Paolo Fedrighini...