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Kcrw: Sounds Eclectic 3

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Sounds Eclectic 3 is the third in a series of live recordings made at KCRW (NPR 89.9 FM, Santa Monica CA).

This album features a variety of different musicians (hence the name eclectic), from The Flaming Lips to Franz Ferdinand.

Morning Becomes Eclectic, the radio show from which the live recordings were taken, has a fresh feel that contrasts with the canned, advertisement driven attitude of most other "popular" radio stations. This CD captures that feeling well, and makes transitions from one music genre to another without alienating the listener.

Why four stars, you ask? Eclectic-based music usually has at least one song that you won't like....

Interested in buying this but not sure if it's your style? Listen to Morning Becomes Eclectic (and other programs) at http://www.kcrw.com first.

This collection of live recordings is taken from LA-based radio station K-CRW's "Sounds Eclectic" series of broadcasts. Each performance was recorded live in their studios with the choicest tracks being released on this great CD. The tracks cover a wide variety of music genres: from Kinky's Spanish-language track "Mirando De Lado" and the bombastic and joyful "It's the Sun" from The Polyphonic Spree to more mellow tracks such as "Answer" from Sarah McLachlan and the quielty beautiful "The Blower's Daughter" from Damien Rice. There's a little bit of everything, and that's what makes this a great recording - it introduces you to artists to which you may not normally lend an ear. Favorite tracks: "Amongst Butterflies" by Paul Weller and "Flying High" by Jem.

As volume 1 and volume 2, here you are another interesting collection of live versions of some new artists on the radio wave.
Personally I'd like to see in the stores more cd's with excerpts from Morning Becomes Eclectic performances, as often they have really cool artists that unfortunately are not inserted in their compilation. But that's my personal opinion.

Sorry for my English: I'm from Italy.

Yes...almoust eclectic. You've may heard the radio show hosted by Nick Harcourt, it es an eclectic one, you can catch from the most experimental to the mainstream, or the quiet to the louder, but this record isnt at all.

There's this sort of line to follow, despite the bands are real eclectic, within each other, the live presentations have similitudes, so maybe theres a louder or heavy act left.

The good thing here is the selection of groups and the production by the host of the show. Nice quality sound, good masterization, and a better selection of songs, untitled from Interpol, one big holiday from my morning jacket and the BD from Demian Rice are the best
As a conclusion the price is real worth the record and the effort of the public radio internatinal broadcast, and it is better if is purchased by amazon, speccially if you are over seas