After four gold albums and two number one adult contemporary singles, pianist Jim Brickman released this live CD that serves as a pseudo greatest-hits collection.
The problems are that the vocals are performed by different artists and not all the hits are here.
Released to coincide with a PBS special, Brickman is joined by Olivia Newton-John (who fills in for Martina McBride on Valentine and who co-wrote "Change of Heart" with him), Donny Osmond (who fills in for Michael W.
Smith on "Love of My Life"), saxophonist Dave Koz, keyboardist David Benoit, violinist Tracy Scott Silverman, and longtime Brickman collaborator, singer Anne Cochran.
Brickman's vocal-accompanied ballads are certainly competent for the A/C field, but with maudlin, sophomoric lyrics like "You are the half that made me whole/you are the anchor of my soul" (in The Love I Found in You on which he performs vocals and sounds eerily like Michael W.
Smith), it's clear that his real strengths are his instrumentals.
Though they lack the melodramatic pizzazz of some of the best new age music, that understatement is valued, and they are mostly evocative and always pretty, with "Rocket to the Moon" and "Freedom" being standouts.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GloryDavid Benoit, Jim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Rocket to the MoonJim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | Lake Erie RainfallJim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | Picture ThisJim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| 5 | Love of My LifeJim Brickman, Tommy Douglas | Jim Brickman | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | FreedomJim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | EdgewaterJim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 8 | ValentineJim Brickman, Jack Kugell | Jim Brickman | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 9 | Change of HeartJim Brickman, Olivia Newton-John | Jim Brickman | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 10 | CirclesJim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| 11 | The Love I Found in YouJim Brickman, Tommy Douglas, Brad Warren | Jim Brickman | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 12 | Partners in CrimeJim Brickman, Dave Koz | Jim Brickman | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 13 | By HeartJim Brickman | Jim Brickman | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 14 | Starbright (The Lullaby Medley) | Jim Brickman | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 24 MB |
| 52 mins | 121 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 272 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Benoit | Composer, Guest Artist, Piano |
| 2 | Jim Brickman | Composer, Executive Producer, Liner Notes, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 3 | David Bucksner | Producer |
| 4 | Michael Caprio | Representation |
| 5 | Anne Cochran | Guest Artist |
| 6 | Henry Diltz | Photography |
| 7 | Tommy Douglas | Composer |
| 8 | Steve Hall | Mastering |
| 9 | Eddie King | Engineer, Mixing |
| 10 | Dave Koz | Composer, Guest Artist, Saxophone |
| 11 | Jack Kugell | Composer |
| 12 | Ricky Lawson | Drums |
| 13 | Olivia Newton-John | Composer, Guest Artist |
| 14 | Donny Osmond | Guest Artist |
| 15 | Dave Pringle | Executive Producer, Producer |
| 16 | David Pringle | Personal Manager |
| 17 | Bruce Upchurch | Arranger, Guitar, MIDI Programming, Producer |
| 18 | Brad Warren | Composer |
| 19 | Ellen Wohl | Composer |
| 20 | Mark Wolfram | Arranger, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |