Moments (Barbara Mandrell album)

Moments is the nineteenth studio album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in August 1986 on MCA Records and was produced by Tom Collins. It would be her final studio release for the MCA label before switiching to EMI America Records in 1987.

Background

Moments was recorded in June 1986 in Nashville, Tennessee, two months before its official release.Moments contained ten tracks of newly recorded material. Mandrell's musical style and sound changed for the album, as most of its track had a significant traditional country music approach, as traditional musical styles were reentering country music. This was exemplified in such songs as the sixth track, "No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You". The album was issued as a LP album, with five songs contained on each side of the record. The album has not since been reissued on a compact disc.

Moments was not provided with any music reviews by critics including Allmusic.

Release

Moments (Emerson Drive song)

"Moments" is a song written Sam Tate, Annie Tate and Dave Berg, and recorded by Canadian country music band Emerson Drive. It was released in November 2006 as the third single from the album Countrified. The song was a Top Five hit on the Canadian country music charts. It also reached Number One on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Songs charts, becoming the first Number One single not only for the band, but also for their label. Midas Records Nashville. "Moments" was the most played country music song of 2007 in Canada.

Story

"Moments" is a ballad in which the narrator, a young man, plots to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. While on the bridge, he notices an older, homeless man, to whom he gives money, figuring that he "wouldn't need it anyway". Upon receiving the money, the homeless man tells of his past, saying that he "hasn't always been this way", and that he has had his "Moments, days in the sun / Moments [he] was second to none". Upon hearing the story, the young man then ponders his own life, wondering if anyone will miss him, should he decide to take his own life. He remembers his own "Moments, days in the sun." The young man then walks away from the bridge, imagining the older man telling his friends about his moments, including "that cool night on the East Street bridge / When a young man almost ended it / I was right there, wasn't scared a bit / And I helped to pull him through".

Moments (Leo Ku album)

Moments is a Cantonese album by the singer Leo Ku, released on August 24, 2007.

Track listing

Miracle (film)

Miracle is a 2004 American sports docudrama about the United States men's hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, portrayed by Kurt Russell, that won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The USA team's victory over the heavily favored Soviet team in the medal round was dubbed the Miracle on Ice. Miracle was directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Eric Guggenheim.

Plot

The film chronicles the journey of the 1980 US Olympic Men's ice hockey team. Then University of Minnesota head coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) interviews with the United States Olympic Committee, discussing his philosophy on how to beat the Soviet team, calling for changes to the practice schedule and strategy.

Brooks meets his assistant coach Craig Patrick (Noah Emmerich) at the tryouts in Colorado Springs. Brooks selects a preliminary roster of 26—later to be cut to a final roster of 20—indifferent of the tryouts and the preferences of senior USOC hockey officials. He convinces Walter Bush (Sean McCann), the executive director of the committee, that he has their best interests at heart. Bush reluctantly agrees to take the heat from the committee.

Miracle (Olive song)

"Miracle" is a song written by Tim Kellett and Robin Taylor-Firth and performed by Olive on their 1996 album Extra Virgin. The song was originally released in 1996 but was re-released in 1997 including a new UK Radio Edit that was different from the version that appears on the album.

The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 movie Sliding Doors.

Track listing

Miracle (Celine Dion song)

"Miracle" is the second promotional single from Celine Dion's album Miracle. It was released on October 11, 2004 in the United Kingdom and Asia.

"Miracle" was written by Linda Thompson and Steve Dorff in 2001. It was originally intended for Dion's 2002 album A New Day Has Come to celebrate the birth of her son René-Charles, but the song was not published until 2004. It was produced by David Foster.

Dion performed this song on a few U.S. TV shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, although it wasn't released as a single in that country.

There was no music video made.

Allmusic picked it as a standout from album.

Formats and track listings

UK promotional CD single

Japanese promotional CD single

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