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Julian Lennon
 The Secret Value of Daydreaming $12.98 Considering he only had 2 months to write and record this album after a long, tiring tour for Valotte, I'd say he did an excellent job with this. Some of the songs, you can tell, have the potential to being great songs. It's a shame he didn't have more time to polish them. And even as they are, they are good songs to listen to. :) My favorites songs on this album are Stick Around (Michael J. Fox appeared in the video...COOL!), You Get What You Want (performed with Billy Joel), Coward Till The End, and This is My Day. If you love Julian Lennon's music, this is a definite must have.  Help Yourself $12.98 I know people might say I'm too critical of Julian and not giving him credit where credit is due. I also will note that Julian is not John in any way. I always believed Julian was much better than he sounds or I should say, makes himself sound anyway. I believe there is John inside Julian somewhere, but we have yet to see that in his lyrics. I don't think the lyrics are that good honestly, and the sound is more like a 1980's retro alternative than modern day. I suppose what I'm disappointed with, is missing the sound that John developed over his life and I wish Julian would transition back to some of that. I also wish Julian would perform more of his father's music, to grab onto that feeling. Or perhaps I just miss John as most of us do. But I still think Julian can do much better than he has.  VH1 Behind the Music: The Julian Lennon Collection $13.96 I own this CD and really enjoy it. I think Julian is a very underrated songwriter. 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. |
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