From The Heart

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#		Title	Length
1		Don't You Wish Today Would Never End	2:31	Play
2		I Can't Be Owned	3:37	Play
3		This New Life That You Found	3:43	Play
4		Till Flowers Don't Grow	3:54	Play
5		Be My Baby	3:44	Play
6		Just To See You Happy	3:31	Play
7		If I Saw You Again (Si Te Viera Otra Vez)	3:56	Play
8		I Wouldn't Play Anymore	2:43	Play
9		I Need You Near (For What You Are)	4:08	Play
10		I Can't Be Owned (encore)	3:00	Play
11		I Can Hear You	2:57	Play
12		Like A Million Years (Or So)	5:19	Play
13		Susan So Serene	2:17	Play

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Description

With prolific steadfastness, Michael Bonanno has released yet another CD and, like Flameland, its a theme based CD.

Whereas Flameland spoke to the sorry state of American society and The Regimes aggressive behavior towards the rest of the world, From The Heart stays away from the worlds political landscape.

From The Heart is a collection of love songs, some extremely poignant, both musically and lyrically.

Michael tests the water of a couple of firsts in From The Heart.

In the fist cut, Dont You Wish Today Will Never End, Michael teams up with his better half, Tina. Tinas sweet voice and Michaels ability to sing in almost any style combine to make great harmony in this innocent love song. As Michael says in the enclosed lyric booklet, his musical inspiration for Dont You Wish Today Would Never End was lots and lots of bubblegum (for those who remember when some music was referred to as bubblegum music). Dont let that fool you, though. This is a fine effort by husband and wife and the message is on point for any love song.

Not only does Michael sing a duet on From The Heart, but he introduces two very good friends on the disc. This is the reason that From The Heart is by Michael Bonanno & friends (makes sense).

The odd thing about Doreen Peris and Kim Chongs appearance on From The Heart is that they both sing the same song, I Cant Be Owned. Having the song appear twice on the CD was ultimately an easy fix to what looked like a difficult problem at first.

I Cant Be Owned was written for the voice of a wonderful songstress named Jean Trescott, someone out of Michaels past.

When Michael couldnt track down Jean, he turned to Doreen and Kim and asked them if theyd give I Cant Be Owned a try.

Not only did they do a fantastic job, but each brought her own style and image to the song.

Doreens sultry, sensual voice and spontaneous style turns I Cant Be Owned into a soft rock aria. Its definitely worth hearing Doreen, either on From The Heart or at her own site, http://http://studioeight.tv/phpbb/, Studio 8. Studio 8 is a fine message board for those with a poetic flare.

Kim, adds a sensuality of her own, but its a lighter, more innocent sensuality. Listening to Kims version of I Cant Be Owned sounds like an invitation of sorts in spite of the lyrical message.

The final first for Michael is his covering of the old Ronettes hit Be My Baby. Michael was thrilled when Abcko, BMI Records and Mother Bertha Music, Inc. gave him access to the rights of one of his favorite all time rock songs.

Michael covered the wonderful Cemetery Rose on Flameland, its true. But Jason Oliver, the writer of Cemetery Rose, like Michael, is working hard to build a following for his music. Michaels outstanding rendition of Cemetery Rose played a symbiotic role for Michael and Jason.

No one ever had to record Be My Baby again to make that song a great one. However, Michael does the song justice. He tries to stay close to the original sound and feel of the song while bringing its relevancy into the 21st century. He succeeds in every sense of the word.

Michael once again shows his ability to flawlessly morph rhythms throughout a song more than once on From The Heart.

The best example on From The Heart is Like A Million Years (Or So). This song starts out with Michaels voice and a strummed guitar, then flows into a soft, mature club sound with brushes and stand up bass. The instrument solo starts out with a swing beat and a creative guitar riff, then picks up the pace by switching to a 2/4 old fashion bebop (not hip hop) style, featuring an alto sax solo. The song then ends with a crying guitar, a rockin drum line and some fine organ. Its a must hear.

An album of love songs would almost be empty without at least one Latin song. On From The Heart, that song is If I Saw You Again (Si Te Viera Otra Vez). It sounds good in both English and Spanish.

Michael provides the musical background using guitars and keyboard in all of the songs on From The Heart. Anyone can use a keyboard, but not everyone can produce the eclectic and full sounds that Michael Bonanno can produce. No trickery here, just instruments played as they should be played.

Michael Bonanno is a hard working, prolific master of lyric, music and music production. From The Heart proves that one can not say, If youve heard one, youve heard them all about Michael Bonanno's music. As Michael likes to put it, hed much rather his music entice the phrase If youve heard one, youve heard one. Theres nothing boring about Michaels music.

Listen to the entire album and youll agree that the songs on the album definitely come From The Heart.