- Audio CD (9 Mar 2009)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Box set
- Label: Nova Sales & Distribution (UK) Ltd
- ASIN: B000H3K582
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 66,403 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
John Betjeman was, and indeed remains so decades after his passing, one of the most genuinely popular English poets. And John was very English.
Here we have 30 of his poems converted into (mostly) pop songs, sung by a wide range of singers. Some, Cliff and Jon Anderson spring to mind, make nice songs, but really don't get into the feel of the poems at all. But others, Ian MacNabb on the infamous Slough and Mike Read himself on Sub Altern's Love Song spring to mind, really bring the words alive. The biggest surprise is David Grant's performance of Conversion of Saint Paul. He really brings out the angry undercurrents of the work in a remarkable vocal tour-de-force...
The biggest disappointment is the two choral adaptations. JBs poetry just doesn't fit this sort of solemnity and the tracks fall pretty flat.
But the good outweighs the bad by a wide margin and I would say that this set is well worth your pennies.
I certainly don't regret buying it.
Here we have 30 of his poems converted into (mostly) pop songs, sung by a wide range of singers. Some, Cliff and Jon Anderson spring to mind, make nice songs, but really don't get into the feel of the poems at all. But others, Ian MacNabb on the infamous Slough and Mike Read himself on Sub Altern's Love Song spring to mind, really bring the words alive. The biggest surprise is David Grant's performance of Conversion of Saint Paul. He really brings out the angry undercurrents of the work in a remarkable vocal tour-de-force...
The biggest disappointment is the two choral adaptations. JBs poetry just doesn't fit this sort of solemnity and the tracks fall pretty flat.
But the good outweighs the bad by a wide margin and I would say that this set is well worth your pennies.
I certainly don't regret buying it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I love this - the perfect marriage of poetry and music. I can take it out again after a few months' rest and be surprised by some songs that didn't stand out for me the previous time, but now do ... The only problem is that there are loud glitches on the last two tracks on the first disc. I thought it was an isolated problem, so I ordered a new copy, only to find that it's exactly the same. Does anyone else have the same problem and is it a manufacturing error to be found on all copies?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Just a note to those who have found the manufacturing fault another reviewer here commented on. Mine was faulty too BUT there is good news, this excellent album was reissued faultlessly in 2008 on another label under the name "Sound of Poetry" and you can find it here on Amazon UK.
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