Mike Flowers - A Groovy Place [Import]

Mike Flowers Pops Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: London Import
• ASIN: B000007263
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,508 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous! A riot, June 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mike Flowers - A Groovy Place (Audio CD)

A friend of mine brought this album back after spending a year in Europe in 1995. We played it every day at work that summer (to the delight or chagrin of our coworkers) and I never once got sick of it. Finally, last fall, I broke down and special-ordered my own copy. I am so glad I did. I generally go for classical music and operatic selections, but Mike Flowers makes a refreshing diversion (one can't have the "Ring" cycle every time out). The arrangements are bright, shiny, and light as a bubble, and Mike must have a really wry sense of humor to pull off such selections as "Wonderwall" and a "Velvet Underground Medley." If you're looking for something to brighten up your day, this will definitely do the trick.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mike Flowers is a "Groovy" kind of guy., November 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Mike Flowers - A Groovy Place (Audio CD)

Mike was terribly famous during my first year in Britain, 1995-96. His wonderful loungecore version of Oasis's "Wonderwall" was #2 on the Billboard Charts, second only to "King of Pop" Michael Jackson - so somebody was listening! It proves that loungecore can be mainstream and very pleasing to lots of people. And that's what this album is. Full of humour and fun, he takes a musically masterful stab at the seriousness of Bjork, Noel & Liam Gallagher, Jim Morrison and Lou Reed. He makes these songs delightful and great for parties! Alas, his popularity and novelty has sort of faded in Britain since this album's release, just as the loungecore swing revival has hit full throttle here in the States. I wish more Americans knew about Mike. I'm sure they would enjoy this groovy guy and the groovy place he can take them to.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pre-post-psychedlic Mindbender, June 17, 2003

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This review is from: Mike Flowers - A Groovy Place (Audio CD)

This is a classic album that should be in your record collection, mainly as an antidote to the REST of what you listen to. In a way, it should more properly be filed under Comedy than Lounge (or maybe both) as it is similar in style to Weird Al Yankovic's "Polkas on 45" shtick, or the "2 Live Jews- As Kosher as They Wanna Be" album. What sets it apart from those is the sheer musicianship involved on the record- the backing orchestra runs through every figurative musical riff in the history of "big-band kind" and the "Sounds Best Singers" will flash you back to Benny Hill's "Ladybird Singers" and their renditions of 60's favorites. The record scratches on "Wonderwall" seriously had me wondering who ripped off who when I first heard it! Secondly, everybody seems to be having fun...and you will, too. There should be a VH1 special on the making of this album- I'm sure there's a story in there. Beware- this record will seductively pervert your sense of music and even your very life! And you didn't even know you liked Engelbert Humperdinck- oh, but you will- you're gonna LOVE IT!!!