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...Luciano Messenger (Island Jamaica) The Jamaican-born Luciano has a baritone voice as warm and deep as Montego Bay, and his songs boast ripe, mango-sweet melodies. His lyrics, however, focus on serious subjects such as poverty, spirituality and resisting oppression. The core of Luciano's brand of reggae is a smiling insurgency...
...another song, I Hate You Then I Love You, Dion makes the mistake of having opera star Luciano Pavarotti join her in a duet. Now, inviting Pavarotti to sing a fluff-headed pop song is like asking Picasso to paint your house--it's just not practical. Pavarotti's big, clear tenor easily trumps Dion's showy yelp, and he doesn't stop there--he goes on to overwhelm the song's flitty lyrics and thrash its slight melody. Final score: Pavarotti: 3, Song: 0, Dion: 0. And while we're at it, give Dion a zero for this album...
...violinist who looks a bit like Mel Gibson. At No. 8 was Rieu's From Holland with Love. Poised just below the chart was his newest release, Strauss Gala. This impressive lineup has made Rieu, at least for the moment, one of the hottest acts in classical music--rivaling Luciano Pavarotti, Kathleen Battle, even David Helfgott, whose recording of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto returned to the top spot, ending the Dutchman's two-week stay in that position. Yet Rieu has never played a note in the U.S., and his albums have gone unreviewed by critics...
...unifying theme of Messenger is simple but powerful: people should support their friends and family but resist the spiritually draining mores of society as a whole. "They would like to see me succumb into society," Luciano sings on the defiant Never Give Up My Pride. But message never overwhelms Messenger; its melodies, friendly and frisky, keep the listener disarmed and relaxed...
...year-old Luciano (real name: Jepther McClymont) believes that reggae is a spiritual salve: "In Jamaica, when things got tough, the only thing we had for the solace of the soul was the music," he says. On the album's final track, Guess What's Happening, Luciano sings of seeing a man "toiling in the burning sun...wondering if and when he's gonna have his share." The song hints at revolution, but the tune is easy and carefree. It's smiling insurgency...