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Ring the Living Bell: A Collection

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Download links and information about Ring the Living Bell: A Collection by Melanie. This album was released in 1999 and it belongs to Gospel, Rock, Christian Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic genres. It contains 30 tracks with total duration of 02:07:30 minutes.

Artist: Melanie
Release date: 1999
Genre: Gospel, Rock, Christian Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Tracks: 30
Duration: 02:07:30
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. You Could Have Had Me for a Nickel 3:08
2. Any Time At All 3:30
3. Beautiful People 5:57
4. Every Breath You Take 2:57
5. Life Will Not Go Away 3:27
6. Racing Heart 4:26
7. Sun and Moon 5:05
8. Natural Man (San Bernadino) 4:02
9. Candles In the Rain 5:21
10. Perceive It 3:51
11. Long Long Time (Rehearsal & Song) 4:17
12. Freedom Knows My Name 5:42
13. Live Coal 2:12
14. Ring Around the Moon 4:39
15. How Can I Help You Say Goodbye 5:24
16. Someday I'll Be an Old Record 3:09
17. Look What They Done to My Song 4:17
18. Missing You 3:48
19. Cyclone 4:16
20. Close to It All 4:55
21. Bitterblue 3:59
22. Friends and Company 5:12
23. Ballerina 2:21
24. Brand New Key 4:17
25. Peace Will Come 6:08
26. Arrow 3:33
27. Ruby Tuesday 5:30
28. The Nickel Song 4:07
29. Ring the Living Bell 4:35
30. One Mistake 3:25

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The title of Renaissance's Ring the Living Bell: A Collection gives the impression that the double-disc set is a comprehensive overview of Melanie's career. Take a look at the back cover, towards the bottom of the disc: it makes it perfectly clear that the album consists of "newly recorded and digitally remastered" tracks. So, it isn't all that it appears, but it isn't bad, either, since Melanie has matured surprisingly well. There's none of the extravagent productions that detailed her early '70s recordings; it's just her and a guitar. In this context, she sounds surprisingly strong, performing convincing renditions of her best-known songs ("You Could Have Had Me for a Nickel," "Candles in the Rain," "Brand New Key"), plus a few good newer songs. Certainly, this kind of album is only of interest to hardcore fans — any casual fan that picks this up, believing it contains originals, will undoubtedly feel tricked — but those dedicated followers should find this enjoyable.