Bond - Shine (CD)

Bond Shine

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 11, 2002 | 3 out of 3 found this Shine review helpful

Bond not just another pretty face like the here and gone Spice Girls. These women have real God given talent. This group is surrounded with what amounts to a tremendous amount of production and writing talent. Not to mention their own ability to pla...y and write. The album opens with Allegretto. A wonderful piece that when you hear it you will fondly remember it (you have heard it before but never knew from where it came). Then comes the title song Shine. This song just begs you to go out and dance till you can't walk any more. My wife and I almost immediately got up from listening and started dancing like we haven't done in years. Next, Fuego. This is my favorite. It begins with what sounds like Moroccan then fly's off into a classical piece that brings images of life, love, and conflict into the mind. What a story. The song Strange Paradise comes in with a gentile soft concordance and works into a gorgeous smooth arrangement that will make you wish that you had not danced so hard during Shine. Thankfully this song is slower and you can continue to move. Speed starts slow, but hang on. This has the driving bass line and beat of an almost a metal song. In an audio system that can reproduce immense low frequencies this song will have the furniture bouncing. The song Big Love Adago will move you to the brink of tears as you will feel the openness of the solitude from the original composition. Kashmir. Can you say Led Zeppelin. I never thought I would hear a descent (let alone this outstanding) performance of this metal classic. If you close your eyes you can almost hear Mr. Plant. This is followed by Gypsy Rhapsody probably the most technical performance on the album. Haylie and Eos really allow their violinistic (is this a new word) talents to come front and center. The next gem is Libertongo. This is a perfect place in the CD to continue the little slow down on pace. (I am still catching my breath.) The smooth transfer allows their listener to pay close attention to what is happening in the background. The subtle changes are welcome to the ears. Sahara. Very Mideast. This takes me back to time spent in Morocco and various locations in India. (God now I need Orange spiced chicken on couscous.) Ride is exactly that, a RIDE. Don't drive while playing this one. The pace will absolutely put you in the ticket zone. Fabulous instrumental selections with a marvelous back beat that will make you think techno. Now sit back and get enveloped in Space. I suggest sitting in a darkened room with no other sounds. Turn up the volume and be taken away. This is amazingly hypnotic. The bonus song, Bond on Bond is exactly what you would expect from these women who should be on the 007 poster. I realize that I have a lot written here but I am enamored with this album. The songs are a mixture of all standard music formats in a new and dramatic setting. I am calling this Fusion Classical. I have been a classical fan for all my life and now I can share it with all my rock n roll friends. I won't even start on what I think of their first album, Born.Thanks for reading. Michael MeismanAny comments sent them to:MeismanM@aol.com Read more Less