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    American Spirit

    American Spirit
    Artist: Mannheim Steamroller
    Label: American Gramaphone
    Category: Music

    List Price: $15.98
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    New (25) Used (28) from $1.95

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 31 reviews
    Sales Rank: 40228

    Media: Audio CD
    Discs: 1
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
    Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4

    MPN: 1776
    UPC: 012805177627
    EAN: 0012805177627
    ASIN: B000095J69

    Release Date: May 20, 2003
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

    Tracks:

      • Star Spangled Banner - Mannheim Steamroller
      • American Spirit - Mannheim Steamroller, C.W. McCall
      • America the Beautiful - Mannheim Steamroller
      • Convoy - Mannheim Steamroller, C.W. McCall
      • Fanfare for the Common Man - Mannheim Steamroller
      • Yellowstone Morning - Mannheim Steamroller
      • Heritage - Mannheim Steamroller
      • Wolf Creek Pass - Mannheim Steamroller, C.W. McCall
      • Home on the Range - Mannheim Steamroller
      • Mt. McKinley - Mannheim Steamroller
      • Cloudburst - Mannheim Steamroller
      • Tin Type - Mannheim Steamroller, C.W. McCall
      • Battle Hymn of the Republic - Mannheim Steamroller

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    Customer Reviews:   Read 26 more reviews...

    2 out of 5 stars Wait and buy this in the reduced bin.   June 1, 2003
    Chris A. Bird (Montgomery, Al USA)
    16 out of 16 found this review helpful

    I have been such a fan(as are most people)of the original and exciting arrangements that Chip Davis is famous for.
    This MS recording fell way short of what I have come to expect--and maybe,I was expecting too much;but when I saw the ad,I was excited to think that our American hymns were going to get that creative makeover that MS was famous for.
    There are a couple of tracks that are good music but NONE are the variations that are the MH signature sound--most are the traditional tunes with a little tech-tweak.
    'Fanfare...' is good but sounds like any other orchestra."Battle Hymn..." is well done but has an irritating drum cadence throughout that sounds as though the microphone was too close.
    They even slipped a couple of trucker tunes in try to fill space, I guess.It would seem that there are plenty of inspirational and uplifting American tunes that would have benefited from the Chip Davis magic without needing to raid an oldies file.
    Oh well," I guess that you can not hit a homerun everytime!"



    3 out of 5 stars Slightly Disappointing   May 26, 2003
    Arthur C. Adams (Laurel, MD USA)
    18 out of 19 found this review helpful

    My personal experience with Mannheim Steamroller has always
    been that the Fresh Aire and Christmas albums are the best
    of their work, and their other albums tend to lack in
    comparison.

    Unfortunately, this one follows that pattern.

    Not that its a bad album; I did enjoy listening to it.
    Some of the songs, I think, appeared on some of their
    other albums. Their rendition of "Fanfare for the Common
    Man" sounds like every other recording of Copland's
    classic I've ever heard; there's nothing at all "Steamroller"
    about it.

    And while its amusing to see C.W. McCall and Chip Davis
    "reunited after all these years", "Convoy" is available
    on several compilation albums. Sure, this one is digitally
    remastered, but its a novelty song from the Seventies and
    hardly worthy of special treatment. The other C.W. McCall
    song, "Wolf Creek Pass", is kinda cute, but nothing special.

    If you're a Mannheim Steamroller completist -- I am,
    pretty much -- you'll want this album. But don't expect
    it to be the quality of classics like my personal favorite,
    Fresh Aire V.


    2 out of 5 stars CW McCall is Chip Davis   May 31, 2003
    Richard Loutzenheiser (Hastings, Nebraska United States)
    9 out of 9 found this review helpful

    Reunited again? They never were apart. If you remove the novelty songs this would be a 3 to 4 star. With them it is barely a two. Buy it used.


    1 out of 5 stars Not the quality you know from the Christmas CD   May 27, 2003
    7 out of 7 found this review helpful

    This is a horrible collision of a Florida Theme park and Convoy (yep breaker 1 9)> I have loved every Christmas CD but this is a DOG. The Star Spangled Banner is a wimpy electric piano, and there are several "songs" that are read scripts that really sound like a poor copy of what you might find at a theme parks story of the US Presidents. At about the time you are ready to slit your wrist "America the Beautiful" comes along and you think that this isn't the worst you have ever heard. Convoy, the next song... is the worst. Fanfare is OK but get the real version from Boston Pops (Williams) America the Dream goes on or Telarc's American Jubilee (Kunzel)

    Over all a complete dissapointment!


    3 out of 5 stars Not One of Better Steamroller Efforts   December 12, 2003
    rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States)
    5 out of 5 found this review helpful

    For Steamroller fans who enjoy their unique style, there is some of that here, but even the better is borrowed from previous efforts like "Yellowstone Morning" and "Cloudburst."

    The unique Americana pieces are not quite up to Steamroller efforts that I'm use to, however, "Heritage" is well done with various melting pot themes going through it, as well "Fanfare for the Common Man" is nice.

    Could have left out the C.W.McCall stuff.

    Arrangements of Country Spirit numbers are strong, powerful additions to gathering catalogue of timely contemporary renditions.


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