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Dom Robinson reviews
- Cat.no: 200576 9
- Cert: E
- Running time: 96 minutes
- Year: 1993
- Pressing: 2000
- Region(s): 2 (UK PAL)
- Chapters: 18 plus extras
- Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Stereo
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Ratio: varies
- 16:9-enhanced: No
- Macrovision: Yes
- Disc Format: DVD 5
- Price: £19.99
- Extras: Discography, Biography
At the same time as herGreatest Hitscompilation was put together, came the Live concert, performing at theSan Diego Open Air Theatre, October 3rd, 1993.
She has recently returned to the fore with a single, By Your Side and anew album, Lovers Rock, which the British public has largely ignored,since it only just scraped the Top 20 upon its release, while the Americanshave lapped it up, placing it inside the Top 3.
What might have been her downfall though, is that she was only best known forher slow numbers and before I put this DVD on, it’s only those which I couldremember – Your Love is King, Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo and theslightly later Paradise, plus of course, that track from IndecentProposal, No Ordinary Love.
Her singles chart history to December 2000 is as follows :
Feb 84No. 6Your Love is KingMay 84No.75Your Love is King (re-entry)May 84No.36When am I Gonna Make a LivingSep 84No.19Smooth OperatorOct 85No.31The Sweetest TabooJan 86No.49Is it a CrimeApr 88No.44Love is Stronger than PrideJun 88No.29ParadiseOct 92No.26No Ordinary LoveNov 92No.56Feel No PainMay 93No.44Kiss of LifeJun 93No.14No Ordinary LoveJul 93No.53Cherish the DayNov 00No.17By Your Side
There are 19 chapters and the listing is as follows :
1. Programme Start
2. Sweetest Taboo
3. Keep Looking
4. Your Love is King
5. Love is Stronger Than Pride
6. Smooth Operator
7. Red Eye
8. Haunt Me
9. Like a Tattoo
10. Kiss of Life
11. Nothing Can Come Between Us
12. Cherry Pie
13. Pearls
14. No Ordinary Love
15. Is It a Crime
16. Cherish the Day
17. Paradise
18. Jezebel
19. End credits
The entire concert is in 4:3 fullscreen, but is shot with a very dark lookto it throughout which makes for a bit of a boring watch.The average bitrate is 5.92Mb/s, occasionall peaking over 8Mb/s.
The sound, in Dolby Digital 5.1, is fine, but doesn’t particularly leapout at you and there’s not much variety throughout the set.
Extras :The Discography shows the track listing for all of her albums,excluding the latest and the Biography runs to a few pages of info.Nothing major that you’ll really go back to.
There are subtitles in English, French and Spanish but the menus are silent andstatic.
Only dedicated fans will buy both of her new DVDs, but between the twoI’d give more of a recommendation to theGreatest Hitsrelease.
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.