$10.99  Take 6 - Take 6 |
$13.98  Take 6 - Take 6 - The Greatest Hits |
$11.98  Take 6 - So Cool |
$13.98  Take 6 - Tonight: Live |
$11.98  Take 6 - So Much 2 Say |
 [Larger view] | Take 6 - Beautiful World
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| A very, very good album | |
| Having been a Take 6 fan for years, I recognize I may be biased in this review. Their peppy and at times elevator-music harmonies may not be tolerable for some people for an entire album, but I really enjoyed the fresh perspective that their diverse vocals offered on many of these classics. My favorites are "Don't Give Up," where they take Peter Gabriel's African musical influences to their logical conclusion; "Wade In the Water," where doubling the octave and picking up the tempo helped to underscore a sense of urgency and pleading that is usually not found in most people's versions of this old spiritual; and the beautiful, soaring rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Someday We Will All Be Free," which will give you chills. It's not a perfect album, however. As some other reviewers have mentioned, some numbers that suffer from a lack of originality in the vocal arrangements. I especially didn't care for the phoned-in "Love's In Need Of Love Today," which dragged on far too long, as did their capable but uninspiring version of "Fragile." Still, this is a beautiful album, great for Sunday mornings, and is definitely "ispirational" and very uplifting. It is arguably Take 6's most commercially accessible venture. Maybe that was a weakness in the quality of the overall production, but it ought to be very easy on the ears of just about any listener. Well worth the money. | |
 Their best yet... | |
| This is the best cover cd yet! I love them for this gift of music. They are a blessing to behold! | |
 Slightly dissapointing | |
| Although the idea sounds great on paper; the world's best singing group redo some well known more or less inspirational numbers, in reality it's all a bit dull and safe. The harmonies are there, the singing topnotch as usual but the arrangements are safe and uninventive except for an exellent take on Donald Fagen's IGY (here dubbed Beautiful world) Marcus Miller's productions sound so thin and crisp it's like they were afraid to let a full band do some serious playing which might distract from the singing. It's not a bad album especially by today's hedious standards but for a group like Take 6 'not bad' is just not good enough. |
