Grateful, The Songs Of John Bucchino: Various Artists: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Grateful - Michael Feinstein

2. Sweet Dreams - Judy Collins

3. That Smile - Liza Minnelli and Billy Stritch

4. It Feels Like Home - Daisy Prince

5. A Powerful Man - Jimmy Webb

6. Unexpressed - Adam Guettel

7. Temporary - Lois Sage

8. Dancing - Patti LuPone

9. If I Ever Say I'm Over You - Art Garfunkel

10. Sepia Life - Andrea Marcovicci

11. The Song with the Violins - Amanda McBroom

12. In a Restaurant by the Sea - Ann Hampton Callaway

13. Not a Cloud in the Sky - John Bucchino

14. Taking the Wheel - Brian Lane Green

15. Better Than I - David Campbell

16. This Moment - Kristin Chenoweth

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John Bucchino may not be a household name, but his songwriting abilities have gained him many famous fans, several of whom appear on this collection. Backed only by Bucchino on the piano, said fans include Patti LuPone (who featured several Bucchino songs on her last solo recording), Michael Feinstein, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liza Minnelli, and Billy Stritch, but also Jimmy Webb. Sentimentality sometimes rears its ugly head, and the best performances are by those who skillfully avoid it, like Judy Collins, whose "Sweet Dreams" is heart-wrenching, or Art Garfunkel, who lends quiet vulnerability to "If I Ever Say I'm Over You." Now let's give Bucchino a solid libretto and a gifted arranger, and see what he can do with a full show. God knows Broadway is in dire need of tunesmiths. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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1.0 out of 5 stars Dull, Mar 27 2004

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I thought the music was dull, the lyrics uninteresting. The only song that made me want to listen to twice was the Daisy Prince piece. The Liza Minelli song was painful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An appropriate time to be "Grateful", Dec 2 2001

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Douglas Brown "Doug & Jeff Brown" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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Before the world changed on September 11, the songs of John Bucchino offered us a moment of reflection in our crazy lives. Now, I believe they offer inspiration. After seeing the horror in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania and feeling the terror of the last three months, how could we not simply be "Grateful" or hold on to the belief that this is only "Temporary" or that we can still keep a sense about us by "Taking the Wheel"? With such wonderful clarity, Mr. Bucchino points out to us what we still have with "Feels Like Home" and "You Know Better Then I".

Besides simply being brilliant compositions, Mr. Bucchino offers us something we desperately need now: Hope.

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3.0 out of 5 stars silly love songs, Aug 6 2001

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Travis (Webster, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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a couple of gems here amid the mush.

"a powerful man" (about sucking up to your boss) and "the song with violins" (could be a Magnetic Fields toss-off) suggests that when this dude chooses to skip the precious Carole King songs and write on oddball topics he's unbeatable

Quick...somebody give this guy an assignment to write a musical about...the Federal Reserve or somethin'

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