It's Only Life

John Bucchino (Artist), Andrea Burns (Artist), Jessica Molaskey (Artist), Brooks Ashmanskas (Artist), Billy Porter (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: P.S. Classics
• ASIN: B000EZ9052
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,061 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Songwriter John Bucchino’s powerful and uplifting new musical revue features five extraordinary Broadway vocalists -- Brooks Ashmanskas, Andrea Burns, Gavin Creel, Jessica Molaskey and Billy Porter – performing a moving collection of both familiar and new compositions. Reviewing the show for The New York Times, Stephen Holden noted that Bucchino "occupies a special niche" among his contemporaries: "[His] flowing, finely made piano ballads describe an urban single life in which relationships come and go in cycles of yearning, fulfillment, heartbreak and healing," where romantic love is anticipated with "high expectations, high anxiety and open hearts."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Songs to Make You Believe in the Power of Music Again, November 26, 2006

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Art Lover - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's Only Life (Audio CD)

I have been keeping an eye on John Bucchino's music for about 20 years, and know (and have loved) some of the songs on this CD from previous collections. However...the new songs on this album practically made my heart leap out of my chest! I believe that this is the finest cabaret songwriter alive today, and his songs are deep, and chewy, and soul-affirming, and unpredictable...and in touch with something deeply spiritual. Not a lot of "popular" music can stand up to analysis, but this stuff gets better and more meaningful the more intense the scrutiny. It's ridiculous to compare him to Jason Robert Brown or anyone else. This is a unique artist, courageously self-revelatory, smart, uncynical, and generous.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Can't Compare Apples and Oranges, August 22, 2006

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Mr. McMusic (Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's Only Life (Audio CD)

This CD is AMAZING. To compare it to "New World" is unfair to both composers. Both are wonderful recordings of great songs. Yes, these are more introspective, but beautifully so. I suggest buying both.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Album of 2006, November 9, 2006

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Bill Stella "Bill Realman Stella" (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's Only Life (Audio CD)

There's little more to say.

Great songwriting, great performances. Just one superb song after another.

No clunkers, no instances where I wish they spent a little more time making it better.

If you are fascinated by songwriting, and know how difficult it is to compose new, fresh, masterful songs which seem to appear almost effortlessly produced, music that both aspires to classic status and connects to listeners without requiring a degree in music appreciation, then you have to hear John Bucchino's songs.