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Eurovision Song Contest Istanbul 2004
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Audio CD, 26 April 2004
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Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1 | Andorra: Marta Roure - Jugarem A Estimar-Nos |
| 2 | Albania: Anjeza Shahini The Image Of You |
| 3 | Austria: Tie Break - Du Bist |
| 4 | Bosnia And Herzegovina: Deen In The Disco |
| 5 | Belgium: Xandee - 1 Life |
| 6 | Belarus: Alexandra & Konstantin - My Galileo |
| 7 | Switzerland: Piero & The Music Stars - Celebrate! |
| 8 | Serbia & Montenegro: Zeljko Joksimovic & Ad Hoc Orchestra Lane Moje |
| 9 | Cyprus: Lisa Andreas Stronger Every Minute |
| 10 | Germany: Max Cant Wait Until Tonight |
| 11 | Denmark: Tomas Thordarson Shame On You |
| 12 | Estonia: Neiokõsõ - Tii |
| 13 | Spain: Ramón - Para Llenarma De Ti |
| 14 | France: Jonatan Cerrada - A Chaque Pas |
| 15 | Finland: Jari Sillanpää - Takes 2 To Tango |
| 16 | UK: James Fox Hold On To Our Love |
| 17 | Greece: Sakis Rouvas - Shake It |
| 18 | Croatia: Ivan Mikuliæ - You Are The Only One |
Disc: 2
| 1 | Ireland: Chris Doran If My World Stopped Turning |
| 2 | Israel: David Dor To Believe |
| 3 | Iceland: Jonsi - Heaven |
| 4 | Lithuania: Linas & Simona What Happened To Your Love |
| 5 | Latvia: Formins & Kleins - Dziesma Par Laimi |
| 6 | Monaco: Maryon - Notre Planète |
| 7 | Malta: Julie & Ludwig - On Again...Off Again |
| 8 | Macedonia: Tose Proeski Life Is A Book |
| 9 | The Netherlands: Re-Union Without You |
| 10 | Norway: Knut Anders Sørum - High |
| 11 | Poland: Blue Café Love Song |
| 12 | Portugal: Sofia Victoria - Foi Magia |
| 13 | Romania: Sanda - I Admit |
| 14 | Russia: Julia Savicheva Believe Me |
| 15 | Sweden: Lena Philipsson - It Hurts |
| 16 | Slovenia: Platin Stay Forever |
| 17 | Turkey: Athena For Real |
| 18 | Ukraine: Ruslana Wild Dance |
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This double CD features all 36 entries from the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, from Andorra to the Ukraine. Naturally it includes the UK entry, "Hold on to Our Love" by James Fox.
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The 2004 Eurovision Song Contest--held in Instanbul and watched by an estimated music-loving audience of 100 million--was so astonishing that not even this thoroughly comprehensive double CD compilation can hope to do the event justice. Featuring the songs of all 36 international finalists, it's entertaining and infuriating in equal measure. Bravo for German entrants Max whose "Can't Wait Until Tonight" (sort of Paul Weller meets Van Morrison) was really rather good. And Lisa Andreas's beautiful Cypriot entry "Stronger Every Minute" should have won hands down. Greece invited us to "Shake It", Turkey's over-animated Less Than Jake-style ska-punk wannabees Athena sang " I wanna bring you up" as if they'd just eaten something that had disagreed with them, Sweden's lovely Lena Philipsson stroked her thighs and cooed "Ooh it hurts" in an appealingly erotic manner and somebody else, who no-one can really remember, invited us to "Get High". Sometimes the competition was unpredictable--who'd have thought the competition would be won by a drum-bashing Ukrainian dance-folk version of Siouxsie and the Banshees? And sometimes it was painful; Finland's attempt to fuse Tom Jones with Phantom of the Opera-era Andrew Lloyd Weber was an experiment which ought not to be repeated. Britain, of course, didn't do very well at all but then Britain has the Beatles so it doesn't matter. --Kevin Maidment
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- Package Dimensions : 14.09 x 12.63 x 1.37 cm; 80 Grams
- Manufacturer : EMI Music UK
- Label : EMI Music UK
- ASIN : B00021LPOM
- Country of origin : United Kingdom
- Number of discs : 2
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Let's begin with the good stuff. Germany's entry brings a bit of JamieCullum-esque jazz to the contest, Sweden maintains that Euro-pop stylethey're famous for, and Norway will probably not get nul-points this yearas their song is possibly the most chart-worthy of the bunch. The UKshould also not worry too much about a repeat of last year, as James Foxshould pick up a few votes.
Now the bad stuff. Switzerland's entry is by far the worst of the 36, andit takes a lot of building yourself up to be able to listen 3 minutes ofthis. Austria, Slovenia and Portugal sadly have rather boring songs thatwill not make an impact at the contest. There are quite a few 'OK' songsthis year, but don't let that put you off, there is something foreverybody.
If you watch Eurovision for novelty / light entertainment purposes, thenthere are certainly a few eye openers. If you like your music ethnic, thenSerbia-Montenegro's dark song should win you over and it puts fiddles andpanpipes to good usage. The Ukraine (who I hotly tip to take the title)have a frantic, rhythmic song with a little bit of yodelling in. However,Estonia will either delight or annoy. Five girls singing an odd song withan odd tune, and the translation of the Estonian word "Tii"? Yes, "Road".But it's not nearly as good as the Spanish entry's translation intoEnglish, which produces "To Fill Myself with You". Terry Wogan may have afield day...
So who's going to win? Well, it's a tough one this year. If the people ofEurope go for a ballad, Cyprus will walk it. Greece and Turkey have songsthat will make people pick up the phone, and Ireland could well be up atthe top with a song written by Bryan McFadden. I still think The Ukrainewill win however - it's a good song with a good hook.
There are so many interesting songs this year, it's possibly the mostmixed selection of songs for many years in Eurovision. And although thequality of the songs isn't always brilliant, they will definitely put asmile on your face. Where else will you hear a Belarussian woman yodellingin bad English to a background of panpipes? This CD is gold - buy it!
There are seven or eight really good entries here which I had forgotten:
Ukraine the winner of course!
Sweden which was the favourite to win
Romania which only finished 18th(?)
Albania, Cyprus, France
Malta - cheesy Eurovision at it's best
Buy it - even if there are some really bad entries (Can't even remember them they blend into each other so much) there are great songs as well!!!
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