Search - Jim Brickman :: Valentine

Not quite there

Music Lover | Boston, MA United States | 02/23/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I was excited to get this CD. I'd listened to The Gift and thought his music was very relaxing. The first sign that this CD wasn't going to be as good as the others was the disclaimer on the back that stated that this "collection" was "specially created by Jim and features all new versions of classics." If I had read this I would have known to stay away.



Messages like this can be translated to mean the following: "This CD has limited new material and it was put together by recyling past-not-quite-hits so that the artist can meet his contract requirement of at least one CD per year."



Perhaps the true, die-hard, Brickman fan would appreciate this half-hearted effort, but b/c the songs weren't very good to begin with, new versions of them don't make them any better. I wouldn't recommend this to a new fan. Start with the Gift and stay away from the "collections.""

Disappointed...

Jeeves | Austin, TX | 06/17/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Disappointed that there is not more new material in here... :( Need some inspiration here... Like the artist, just have these songs already...

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Brickman's Latest A Letdown

Dickie Boy | Honolulu, Hawaii | 04/08/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Jim Brickman's latest CD, Valentine, is a letdown as well as a departure from his past efforts. His choice of vocalists ruins and roughens the treatment of his beautiful songs. I would have preferred him singing the songs himself than the harsh vocalists he uses on this CD. The title track "Valentine" is so harch in this iteration. If one bought the sweet and nearly etheral sounding past CDs that were so romantic, this one is harsh....don't want to play most of the selections compared to playing his past releases over and over again!"