Romantic Melodies: Mannheim Steamroller: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Serenity

2. Sunday Morning Breeze

3. Bittersweet

4. Slo Dancin' in the Living Room

5. Kanbai

6. The Sign of Love

7. Teardrops, Raindrops

8. Chakra 4

9. Amber

10. The Seven Stars of the Big Dipper

11. Moonlight at Cove Castle

12. Nepenthe

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Composer Chip Davis projects the image of a sentimental, amiable fellow. And his easy-listening instrumental pop music (embellished with lite-classical accents), made famous by his bestselling Mannheim Steamroller Christmas recordings, closely mirrors those qualities. On Romantic Melodies, Davis (with periodic contributions from the London Symphony) creates a subdued disc that meanders for 52 minutes in search of a spark that never ignites. Davis's low-key melodies are pleasant enough, but in most cases, they're too simplistic to achieve much emotional depth. "Dancin' in the Living Room," for example, a tepid, sax-based attempt to capture the romantic charms of everyday life, sounds like something hatched by your cousin's wedding-reception band.

Things improve on the disc's second half with such tracks as "Chakra 4" (with its David Arkenstone-like rhythmic sheen) and the classical-flavored "Seven Stars of the Big Dipper." For romance, though, you could do better seeking out early releases from pianist Jim Brickman such as No Words, By Heart, and Picture This. --Terry Wood

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great if all you know is their Christmas stuff, Feb 13 2004

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Joe Lee (Brandon, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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As other reviewers have mentioned, the great majority of these tracks were previously released. But many folks only have exposure to Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller through their Christmas music. If you fit that category, you'll enjoy this direction, which is a series of lush, romantic melodies. It's indeed a very soothing disc and makes for great background music at quiet, candlelight dinners. The sequencing is very good, as one track merges nearly seamlessly with the next. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic Musical Adventure with Chip and The 'Roller, Dec 11 2003

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This is collection of Davis' romantic melodies from other CD's and some added for this.

Especially fond of the beautiful oboe on "Bittersweet," "The Sign of Love," and "Nephenthe."

There is variety here, from some big-band type in "Slo Dancin' in the Living Room" for Chip's mom to nature inspired pieces of "Moonlight at Cove Castle" and "The Seven Stars of the Big Dipper."

Good mood music to set tone or just for enjoyable backdrop. These also make great special occasion pieces, as notes suggest some have even used at weddings, etc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Steamroller fan, Oct 6 2003

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"mtpurrs" (Polson, MT United States) - See all my reviews

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If you are a Mannheim Steamroller fan, like I am, you will love this CD. Even if you aren't a fan, this is a very easy to listen to CD.

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