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Eternal - Best Of Libera | 
 enlarge | Artist: Libera
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
Buy New: £8.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 136
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099924269629
ASIN: B001IZID46
Release Date: December 15, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | You were there (Main theme from the motion picture "Nobody to watch over me") | | • | Sanctus | | • | John Tavener: Mother of God | | • | Salva me | | • | Love and mercy | | • | Sancte | | • | Secret | | • | Do not stand at my grave and weep | | • | Always with you | | • | Libera | | • | Ave Maria | | • | Gaudete | | • | Air on G string | | • | I am the day | | • | We are the lost | | • | Sempiterna (remix) |
Disc 2
| • | Orinoco flow | | • | Far away | | • | Gloria | | • | Voca me | | • | Sing for ever | | • | Rest in peace | | • | Adoramus | | • | May the road rise up | | • | Ave Maria | | • | Prayer | | • | How can I keep from singing? | | • | Be still my soul | | • | Stay with me | | • | Recordare | | • | Going home | | • | Heaven |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Libera loopy December 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First of all I have to say that I was skeptical about buying a best off Libera CD. I do after all have all of the albums (and itunes remixes). Is the price worth the extra new tracks? I decided, for the sake of completion, that it was - and I'm glad that I did.
First the facts - this is a double album containing 32 tracks, six of which are listed as 'new' This does in fact mean new to CD as Sempiterna - remix, and Heaven - remix (fabulous!...a few more like this please!) are available to buy/download on itunes. Gaudete has been recorded by Libera in the past, so technically this leaves only three genuinely new tracks.
The first thing I noticed as 'Sanctus' began (the first non-new track) is that some of the familiar songs sound a little different...let me explain. Some of the songs have new musical arrangements to the existing vocal lines, others as far as I can tell have newly recorded vocal lines on the existing laid down music tracks, some have both. Sometimes the difference is extremely subtle, (where only a 'loopy' fan like myself who knows the music inside-out, would notice), other times it is quite obvious. As far as I'm concerned this is fabulous, it's like a whole new album for me, although I can understand that not everyone may get as enthused as myself about such subtleties.
In short, if you are new to Libera then this is a great place to start. If you are a part-time fan, then you may feel cheesed off that you are buying so many tracks that you may already have for the sake of a handful of new ones (although we were treated to a whole new album just a few months ago - 'New Dawn') If you are a payed up member of the 'Libera fruitcake society' then you will love it for the subtle differences...the new tracks, in fact it is just an excuse (if you need one) to put Libera into your CD player again, if you were silly enough to take the last Libera CD out!
In this day and age where the boy treble voice is suffering a bout of un-fashionability (not least from boys themselves who are scared of realising the beautiful potential of their upper ranges), and where church choirs are having their centuries old tradition of all-boy treble choirs changed to mixed girl/boy trebles for the sake of political correctness (and dwindling numbers of boys)...we need Libera. Long may they continue their important and enjoyable work. And how about some more live concerts Mr Prizeman? in the UK preferably!
 Techno?? December 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
An absolute joy to listen to,particularly the first disc. Just a slight discomfort listening to the second disc which left me with the feeling that it is purely the result of modern post production, the voices becoming a mere unimportant backdrop for the soaring techno orchestration which seems to dominate far too often.
Probably not for the choir purist but nonetheless certainly well worth a place in the CD library.
A rip-off? Maybe, but who cares? December 17, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
So, Libera were to issue a 'Best Of' double CD. We were advised that it would contain a lot of their old material but with a smattering of new songs. And having checked the track listing, I noted that I had every one of their old tracks on previous purchases but I was intrigued by the new stuff. So, despite the incomprehensible ramblings of an earlier reviewer on here, I went ahead and purchased my copy.
Now, let me say first of all that this is an excellent collection. Even though a true 'Best Of' assembly would have included numbers that were recorded on their previous label, this is still impressive and I would heartily recommend it to anyone who has only recently discovered Libera. But the question for existing fans will inevitably be: "Is this a rip-off?" Well, certainly I can now dispose of my 'New Dawn', 'Free' and 'Visions' CDs since most of their content is on this collection. But, strangely, I don't feel as though I have been mugged in the way I did after buying their 'Angel Voices' album. For a start, I knew exactly what I was buying and I bought it so that I would have their new offerings: the brilliant 'You Were There', the haunting 'Mother Of God', yet another version of 'Gaudete', a remixed 'Sempiterna', 'How Can I Keep From Singing' and Steven Geraghty's brilliant production of 'Heaven'. Take it from me, these tracks alone are worth the price of this excellent double album. Yes, I know that some record company executive is, as we speak, relaxing in his leather-backed office chair, rubbing his hands at the thought of making a killing from recycling old material, but this is in the nature of the beast. Few record companies are reknowned for their generosity and, frankly, I don't care. I've got what I want and I'm pleased with it.
Now, does anyone want to buy a collection of second-hand Libera CDs, well used...?
Cross hairs on the preteens December 7, 2008
4 out of 24 found this review helpful
Pure deuterium. Nothing sounds quite like the innocence of young boys voices soaked in reverb. This record zeros in on that very well; making select cuts of the primest lambs in the slaughterhouse. Listening to the cleansing harmonics on here is like taking a shower in a vicarge where vicar's up in the loft crouched at the water tank sending holy blessings in real time. I put Eternal on straight away when I get in from a hard days binmaning religiously. Pun intended. The searing oscillations are like... well they're so good i nearly had the cat put down. Y'know at times i swear I can hear glockenspeil chiming coming from inside the cat. Choice of songs is very good, though a couple of their arias wouldn't have done any harm. Blimmin' Tremendous.
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