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Julian Lennon - VH1 Behind the Music: The Julian Lennon Collection Audio CD

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Title: VH1 Behind the Music: The Julian Lennon Collection
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Release Date: 2001-08-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Valotte 2: Too Late for Goodbyes 3: Say You're Wrong 4: Jesse 5: Stick Around 6: This Is My Day 7: Want Your Body 8: Now You're in Heaven 9: Angillette 10: I Get Up 11: Make It up to You 12: Listen 13: Saltwater 14: Day After Day 15: I Don't Wanna Know 16: Photograph Smile

Almost perfect
I think Julian is a very underrated songwriter. I own this CD and really enjoy it. But as mentioned in another review there's one song missing from this collection, "You're the One". This is probably Julian's third-best song after "Valotte" and "Too Late For Goodbyes". But it's not that big of a problem. After I got this CD, I downloaded "You're the One" through Amazon which completes my 'best of' collection imo. .


Good to be listening to Julian!
I was so happy to find this cd on Amazon I remember the fun videos Julian made in the 80's for many of the great songs on this album and they bring back good memories where have you gone Julian, you have talent! Had a knack with sounds and a good voice! I'm enjoying every song, album is terrific! .


Nice set of songs.Almost perfect overview.
One day I was about to make a "Best of" for myself when saw this CD on Amazon used for $4. I only bought this CD recently (2009) because I have all of Julians CDs and really didn't see any need. 00. I bought it because these are 90% of the songs I would have picked for my own "Best Of" CD. The only thing missing for me is the song "Help Youself" the title track from the 4th CD.
I would disgree with people who slam "Saltwater" as too corny. I am not an environmental advocate at all but the melody and performance of this song is really great. If it had other lyrics it would still be a great melody. (Check out a really great acoustic live version of this on You Tube that Julian did on a TV show. The harmony is awesome. ).


Bizarre and Eerie
A few quality songs ("Too Late For Goodbyes" and "Valotte" being the best) save this from one star in my book. This is like listening to John Lennon singing Genesis throwaways.

Julian's game efforts give it another star. He had an impossibly high mark to hit because of his name, but there's a reason why Julian never achieved even close to the acclaim of his father. This collection is best for those who love John Lennon's voice and the vast, synthstrings-and-drums-drenched-in-reverb 80s sound.
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Excellent CD - I highly recommend it!
Holland's Opus" on TV one night and went out to purchase the soundtrack. I recently rediscovered Julian Lennon after watching "Mr. It was then that I found the song "Cole's Song" on that album, which I absolutely love. Granted he only co-wrote the lyrics (the music is by Michael Kamen); but the way he sang the song was wonderful! I could listen to it over and over and never get bored of it.

So then I went in search of his albums in stores and was starting to understand his frustration of constantly being in his dad's shadow. . . because I could find a million copies of John Lennon albums on the racks. . . but Julian Lennon? NO! NOT ONE! UGH! :/ So. . . still wanting to purchase his music, I was then on a mission, going online to do my purchasing instead, and came across this "Greatest Hits" album put together by VH1 and I absolutely LOVE IT!!!

All you John Lennon and/or Beatles fans out there are probably going to hate me for saying this. . . But I actually prefer Julian's style and use of a wide vocal range to his dad's way of singing. OK. I have to admit that I do like many of The Beatles songs and I do like some of John Lennon songs. . . but I think that Julian is a very under-appreciated singer/song writer. He is a wonderful music artist in his own right; and my personal opinion is that if he hadn't had to live under the scrutiny of everyone's expectations for him to be a clone of his dad. . . which of course he IS NOT. . . He is his own person. . . I think he would have been much more highly respected in the music industry. And we would have seen a lot more of him over the years. Ok. Now that I've said my peace, I will step down off of my soap box on that subject.

I understand that he is currently working on releasing another album soon (straight from the horse's mouth on his official website) WOOHOO! I am now patiently awaiting its release. :)

I am just so glad he is writing again. I read at one point, he became so frustrated with the whole music industry that he just decided to throw in the towel. How sad. But then he just couldn't get writing music out of his system and released "Photograph Smile" after 7 years. And WOW! I am listening to the song "Photograph Smile" right now on the album I purchased. What a beautiful song.

Anyway. . . I suspect you all have now gotten the idea that this is an album I highly recommend. If you purchase it, I assure you that you will not be disappointed.


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