 "My Fourth Copy To Date" | 2006-09-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A23QGODANE4BES |
| I just purchased my fourth copy due to a thief who obviously has fine taste in music and deserves bad karma indefinetely. This disc has been my savior over the past seven years while Driving home in Los Angeles regardless of traffic or time. It has also been a top play selection for the evenings spent with female guests. And a Sunday morning sense of peace seven days a week. This is a fact; If I do not have access to ESL's Jet Society at any given day or night of the week, I become at a loss for motivation and sense of being. Quite honest, pretty much naked. If you live in a major metropolitan city, play this disc at vol. 7-8 with an above agerage sound system and roll up the windows. Make sure all sound levels are set accordingly. This compilation should overpower your endorphins with waves of euphoric ectesy and ring your spine. Seven years after my first copy, it still moves me. Enjoy as I have. |
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| "Swanky, smooth, and samba-riffic!" | 2004-03-24 |
| - Reviewed By exstasisursus |
| This cd has it all, a perfect soundtrack to poolside cocktails, a cool-down drive, or after dinner fun with a select few. A somewhat skewed and slightly blunted approach to Carnivale that will leave you wanting more, and ESL (the label this is on) has it for you. Dont' miss out! |
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 "A worthwhile revivalist attempt" | 2004-03-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: AM5J9NYAVFPD |
| Beckoned by the hip sophisticates and alluring travel photos on the album's cover, I picked up "Jet Society" from Amazon, along with twenty other discs. With so many albums to listen to, however, the CD was stored neatly in my shelf and never given a second thought. One day I found myself craving a little bossa-funk, so I decided to give "Jet Society" another chance. I'm certainly glad I did. I've discovered some new artists and added a few more favorite songs to my playlist. Teresa's "Lisboa A Noite" is my favorite track. Check out Pink Martini if you dig this sound. "Hi-Fi Trumpet" has a great latin feel, with a few flute, trumpet & vocal bits to spice things. "Seasons" offers up some retro-modern funk. Organs, jazzy flutes & funky guitars jam as a breathy female voice says "hey, wake up." Unfortunately, by the time you've made a dent in the tracklist, you may do just the opposite. Tracks 7-9 don't quite jive with the others and are worth skipping. In fact, the rest of the album drags until you near the tail end of the disc, at which point the sophisticated jazz-funk of "Cinnamon & Clove II" will perk you up and leave you hungry for more. Sorry to say, there's only one track left for you after "Cinnamon & Clove II," and that's the title track. In addition to the dull bits near the end, bossa fans may be annoyed to find Nicola Conte's "Bossa Per Due" on this album. Featured on 18 different discs, and a few television commercials, this song (though enjoyable on the first few listens) has grown repetetive and I'm downright sick of hearing it on every compilation I own. All flaws aside, "Jet Society" is a great compilation, and an essential for those unfamiliar with the budding lounge revival. As the cover booklet states, "these songs suggest a world that can only exist in our imaginations." Pick up a copy of "Jet Society" and escape to your own unique world. |
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| "sweetness" | 2003-05-19 |
| - Reviewed By keekeerun |
| You know those super-cool bossa nova do-do-la-la vocals you here over car commercials as the honda or peugot glides down a frosty curving highway? Well, the songs in their entirety are on this collection of brazilian, portugese and italian music, each breezier and more soulful than the next. |
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| "Captain, fly me to Rio!!" | 2002-12-24 |
| - Reviewed By hafids |
| Oh yeah! This is just a wonderful cd to get you in the mood for Carnivale! The Brazilian influences are very vivid and the tracks are laced with beautiful vocals and wonderful percussions. Some tracks to highlight: onde anda o meu amor
lunera
vai minha tristeza
lla femme fin de siecle
lisboa a noite
bossa per due these are some truly wonderful tracks that give this cd a 4 star rating IMO. throw this in, get on your plane, and take a journey. |
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| "BUY THIS ALBUM" | 2002-02-06 |
| - Reviewed By bordersj2 |
| Wow - looking back, this is a terrific album. The artists involved at the time, some were just starting to grow in popularity but this album is exceptional. I bought this well over a year ago, and from there have spidered out and picked up cd's by Mo Horizon's (Germany), Reminiscence Quartet (France), Boyz From Brazil and Nicola Conte. I highly recommend this. You won't be disappointed - and it's one of those albums that you can put in and just play and relax. It starts out slow and smooth with a jazzy Portuguese track, then moves on to get a bit upbeat, then dark loungish with Foto Viva before the nightlife begins with Onde Anda O Meu Amor. The CD starts to "Wind Down" with a smooth remix of Vai Minha Tristeza and ends out with the classic "Jet Society" by Cordoba Orchestra. It's a nice adventure and a terrific release. I wish ESL would make another like this. |
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| "So cool, so fresh" | 2001-02-19 |
| - Reviewed By blackwaxjh |
| One of the coolest things I've come across in a while is this compilation of electronica/lounge tracks compiled by the Thievery Corporation. What led me to buying this disc was a song I'd heard on a TV commercial. The song was "Bossa Per Due" by Italian DJ Nicola Conte, which was in the Acura "Palm Springs" commercial that started airing midway through last year. To my surprise that wasn't the only good song on this album. Other highlights include "Hi Fi Trumpet" by Stereo Action Limited, "Vai Minha Tristeza" by Tom Y Joyce, and "Seasons" by the Bobby Hughes Experience. For anyone who's been put off in the past by the seemingly non-musicality of electronica music, this compilation could seriously change your mind. |
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| "Damn good cd" | 2000-07-21 |
| - Reviewed By bruce642 |
| Very chillin' sounds from the Eighteenth Street Lounge, once again. It's like Theivery Corp. only less driven, slightly less bass, more vocals, that kinda thing. Very mellow, indeed. |
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| "que bella!" | 2000-05-05 |
| - Reviewed By disc_counsel |
| I first noticed that this was purchased by "individualswho also purchased [a title] by..." Britney Spears. That ismind-blowing. Kudos, Amazon.com, for bridging a musical gap that I never would have thought, or dreamed, of. To get to it, this cd is pure bliss. As a general rule of thumb, you can't go wrong with anything on the ESL label. This disc further proves that point. Listening to this disc, you get the feeling of being high atop a metro-penthouse suite, while a dozen or so go-go girls in angora sway to the rythms of Mancini, or certainly Jobin, a la Catwoman (Eartha Kitt) or Astrud Gilberto. "C'est si bon!" as the saying goes. I first purchased this disc while travelling from (a layover in) New Orleans to Seaside, Florida. Once in my suite, I slipped this into the Bang & Olfsen. As I then climbed into the Jacuzzi, listening to these wonderful tunes, along with the bubbles and the gently swaying surf of the Gulf of Mexico, I was in pure heaven. After a few moments, it was then, as I climbed out of the Jacuzzi and into a terry-cloth robe, I realized how perfect a martini would be at that moment. Several shakes later, heaven once more. Thank you ESL/Theivery Corp. Get the general feeling? That is this disc. You will not be disappointed. Look for the "JET SET" cd on ESL as well. It too....magnificent. Hope this somewhat helped. |
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 "Probably the lowest rate" | |
| - Reviewed By Anonymous |
| I am not agree with the most people that makes review of this CD. Infact my real rate it's between the 2 and 3, probably the lowest!I am sorry but i cannnot understand why in this work there are 3 songs like the last 2 (Balanco and Cordara Orchestra) and like the third one (Hi Fi trumpet).It's a pity because the rest it's quite a good job. In any case the project (a jet society around the world) was probably too ambicius. The resault it's more a travel in the night clubs where you can find old rich men with young nice girls. This is the atmosphera that i feel on this Cd. In any case there are something good ( for exemple the first song Lisboa a note) and with good mix (in particular between 5 to 9 tracks).At the end i suggest not to buy it.....but if you buy more than 100 cd in a year...well you can also buy it! |
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