Hip Hop Bop [Import]

Akiko | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal/Polygram
• ASIN: B0000677HQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #623,847 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Waters Of March

3. Manual

4. Paradise City

5. Lover Man

6. I've Got The World On A String

7. 's Wonderful

8. Blues No. 8

9. Do You Know?

10. Skindo-Le-Le

11. Midnight Sun

12. Smile

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why is it that the best stuff is always an import?, January 16, 2009

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B. Kindberg (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hip Hop Bop (Audio CD)

Antonio Carlos Jobim was one of the top composers of the twentieth cantury. His original version of Aguas De Marco (Waters Of March) is one of music's towering achievements. Akiko teamed up with the U.K.'s Swing Out Sister for a cover of this song on Hip Pop Bop that is even better than Jobim's (!). This is reason enough to buy this album, even though it will cost you about forty bucks. The Japanese people have incredible taste in music, and perform it flawlessly when covering western music. It's a shame that Americans are happy with Beyonce and the like when there is incredible classic pop music being made elsewhere. The rest of this album is good too. Buy it!