SING

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Sing was created to showcase a slice of the best of contemporary a cappella to both the existing vocal music establishment and those who may be relatively unaware of the a cappella movement. The purpose of the compilation is to give talented groups and individuals an opportunity to be heard on a worldwide stage by placing their music alongside some of the biggest names in the a cappella universe. Each Sing album includes groups and tracks that stretch the limits of the genre, including groundbreaking original music from some of the hottest new stars. In listening to any Sing album, our hope is that each listener will appreciate the growing creativity of the a cappella art form and will be challenged and even inspired to bring this ingenuity into their own local spheres of vocal performance. Sing is the only compilation that has garnered a perfect RARB score ever - and we have done it multiple times!

Albums

Sing Six: Sunny Side Up

Sing Six: Sunny Side Up

22 Tracks
Released 2009

CASA's 2009 installment in the Sing series, sing six: sunny side up, showcases a massive array of talent, musical style and artistic ambition. Featuring seven original songs (including a record four originals by collegiate groups) and tracks in four different languages, sing six broadens your horizons and expands your musical palette. The Hyannis Sound opens the album with a mind-boggling cover of Boston's "Foreplay/Longtime". Up-and-coming vocal sensation Sonos gives a sultry rendition of The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back". And for the first time, CASA is proud to feature a group from its own Contemporary A cappella League (CAL), The Red States, and their fresh, spunky cover of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance".

 
  Artist Track Original Artist Duration  
1. Hyannis Sound Foreplay / Longtime Boston 5:03 play
2. Brandeis VoiceMale Time (Bring It On) (none) 4:33 play
3. Firedrill! Got to Get You Into My Life Beatles/EWF 3:41 play
4. Red States Just Dance Lady Gaga/DJ Red One 4:00 play
5. Cluster 224 (none) 3:23 play
6. The Amalgamates Let It Die Foo Fighters 4:10 play
7. Basix Diversity (none) 3:30 play
8. Out of the Blue (Yale) Love Begins (none) 5:10 play
9. Liquid 5th Say Goodbye Urban Sophisticates 3:25 play
10. Maybe6ix Qualcosa Che Non C'é Toffoli 4:37 play
11. Sonos I Want You Back Jackson 5 3:36 play
12. Tigeroar Waiting for You (none) 4:45 play
13. Sil'hooetes Wreckless Love Alicia Keys 3:30 play
14. 18 Wheelers Be Good to Me Ashley Tisdale 4:37 play
15. The House Jacks What's For Real (none) 3:46 play
16. Masala Distant Places (none) 4:32 play
17. Out of the Blue (Duke) Keeps Getting Better Christina Aguilera 3:01 play
18. Tufts Beelzebubs All the Love in the World Nine Inch Nails 4:10 play
19. Apes & Babes Bånsuil Norwegian traditional 4:05 play
20. Rusty Pipes For the Widows in Paradise. For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Sufjan Stevens 3:31 play
21. Six13 Im Eshkachech Traditional 4:21 play
22. The Harmonics Spiel Mit Mir Rammstein 4:46 play

SING V: Groovus

SING V: Groovus

20 Tracks
Released 2008

Sing V continues the proud tradition of bringing together outstanding artists whose work would otherwise go unnoticed with some of the biggest names in contemporary a cappella. Sing V features previously unreleased tracks from Italian X-Factor champions Cluster as well as New York sensation Naturally Seven. Tracks from off the beaten path include Lilli Lewis's "Sanguine Song" and Mauf's "Freedom". Finally, the very finest of collegiate a cappella is represented by, among others, Rutgers Casual Harmony, from their astonishing self-titled album, and the Stanford Harmonics, whose rendition of "Sound of Silence" blurs the line between cover tune and performance art piece.

 
  Artist Track Original Artist Duration  
1. Naturally 7 Wall of Sound (none) 3:35 play
2. Clef Hangers Ain't Nothing Wrong Robert Randolph and the Family Band 2:44 play
3. UGA Noteworthy Move On (none) 3:16 play
4. Ghost Files Come Back Home (none) 2:46 play
5. Rescue Unleashed Warren Barfield 3:20 play
6. Mauf Freedom (none) 2:08 play
7. Cornell Chordials The Moment I Said It Imogen Heap 5:11 play
8. Stouxingers When Love Comes to Town U2 4:35 play
9. Fairmont Eleventh Hour She Will Be Loved Maroon 5 4:13 play
10. Duke Pitchforks As You Go (none) 4:09 play
11. Oregon Divisi Mama Who Bore Me From "Spring Awakening" The Musical 3:11 play
12. Lilli Lewis Sanguine Song (none) 3:10 play
13. Liquid 5th & Mia Renwall Tourniquet Evanescence, Rocky Gray 5:11 play
14. MIT Logarhythms Blower's Daughter Damien Rice 4:41 play
15. Cluster Let You Go (none) 3:53 play
16. Rutgers Casual Harmony Stronger Kanye West 4:30 play
17. Mosaic Manhattan Groove (none) 3:25 play
18. Vox 11 Two Sisters (none) 4:54 play
19. Stanford Harmonics The Sound of Silence Paul Simon 5:00 play
20. Duwende Young Leaders of Tomorrow Duwende 4:00 play

SING IV: Good Medicine

SING IV: Good Medicine

20 Tracks
Released 2007

Sing IV: Good Medicine garnered a perfect score of 5.0 on RARB for its outstanding mix of risk-taking and artistic integrity. Reviewer Brian Haverkate raved, "Sing IV: Good Medicine has hit this one out of the park with one effortless and powerful swing that is beautiful to watch sail over the fence." This compilation includes some of the best of the frontiers of a cappella, including the McLemore brothers' vocal electronica masterpiece "On the Edge" as well as more acoustic soundouts, like Firedrill's "Can't Stop Thinkin' 'Bout You". From the edgy to the soulful to the sublime, Sing IV showcases artistic standouts from 2007 in the a cappella world.

 
  Artist Track Original Artist Duration  
1. baSix Can't Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue 3:04 play
2. UNC Clef Hangers My Love Justin Timberlake 4:55 play
3. Six13 D'ror Yikra Origina 3:00 play
4. Washington After Dark Mama's Room Under the Influence of Giants 3:51 play
5. U. Penn Masala Aankhon Mein Tu Hai (none) 2:50 play
6. Yale Whiffenpoofs New Hymn James Taylor 3:07 play
7. Tufts Beelzebubs Digging In the Dirt Peter Gabriel 4:46 play
8. Vocal Line We Need a Resolution Aaliyah 4:03 play
9. Stanford Talisman Ohureo Traditional 2:45 play
10. Fork My Sin Fork 3:31 play
11. Stanford Harmonics Cells The Servant 4:16 play
12. Elon Sweet Signatures Magic Tree Kristen Price 3:14 play
13. Oxford Out Of The Blue Canned Heat Jamiroquai 3:30 play
14. Hyannis Sound Ready for Love India.Arie 4:06 play
15. Rochester Midnight Ramblers Minstrel's Prayer Cartel 4:31 play
16. McLemore Brothers On the Edge Jon McLemore 3:22 play
17. UNC Tar Heel Voices Secret Maroon 5 4:19 play
18. Maryland Faux Paz Heaven's a Lie Lacuna Coil 4:41 play
19. transit Whispers Transit 3:24 play
20. Firedrill! Can't Stop Thinking About You Martin Sexton 6:56 play

SING 3: Mélange à Trois

SING 3: Mélange à Trois

18 Tracks
Released 2006

Sing 3 is the junction of premium production techniques, electrifying vocal displays and eclectic arranging skills. With this album, the series branches out from its beginnings as a showcase of the best in continental a cappella to incorporate tracks by amazing groups from around the world. The compilation highlights and extols the genre-defining tracks from many aspects of the contemporary a cappella listening spectrum with a "cohesiveness of sound that prevails over a plethora of genres and group types". With five incredible original tunes and several previously unreleased tracks, this album made some serious waves in the land of vocal music and beyond.

 
  Artist Track Original Artist Duration  
1. Kid Beyond Mothership Kid Beyond 3:14 play
2. baSix Treat Her Like a Lady Diana King 3:10 play
3. UGA Accidentals Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 2:43 play
4. Clef Hangers Feelin' Good Michael Bublé 3:56 play
5. UGA Noteworthy Wonderwall Oasis 3:47 play
6. m-pact Have a Talk With God Stevie Wonder 4:20 play
7. 5 Alone Ridin' the Rails k.d. lang & Take 6 (From Dick Tracy) 2:09 play
8. Cosmos Saullekts Cosmos 4:10 play
9. Duke Pitchforks Hysteria Muse 3:39 play
10. Rajaton Kivinen Tie Rajaton 3:38 play
11. The House Jacks Summertime n/a 4:05 play
12. Brandeis VoiceMale Human Nature Michael Jackson/Boyz II Men 3:45 play
13. Clemson TakeNote So You Are to Me Eastmountiansouth 2:37 play
14. Ascending Height Setup for the Fall Ascending Height 3:15 play
15. Hyannis Sound Love Train The O'jays 3:05 play
16. transit Hide and Seek Imogen Heap 4:32 play
17. Tufts Beelzebubs The Trial Pink Floyd 5:40 play
18. Rochester Midnight Ramblers Question! System of a Down 3:29 play

SING 2: Eclectic Boogaloo

SING 2: Eclectic Boogaloo

20 Tracks
Released 2005

"The major theme of Sing 2: Eclectic Boogaloo is audible excellence." Following on the heels of the critically-acclaimed Sing CD, sing2 represents a slice of the very best that contemporary a cappella has to offer. The CD supersizes your listening pleasure by adding five additional tracks to the mix of stellar music. The compilation includes six original songs from the pop and r&b worlds and several previously unreleased tracks. Called the "BOCA + CARA" of the former Alliance for A Cappella Initiatives, the album reached beyond its Southern roots to deliver some of the most amazing tracks coming out of North America. Another feature of the album is the emergence of kick-ass and rocking female a cappella as the ladies capture the attention of the testosterone-laden populace again.

 
  Artist Track Original Artist Duration  
1. Oregon On The Rocks Kyrie Mr. Mister 4:11 play
2. The House Jacks This Man's Pride The House Jacks 3:40 play
3. Duwende I Fall Duwende 4:11 play
4. Duke Pitchforks Mala Gente Juanes 3:08 play
5. Boston College Bostonians You Dance Eastmountiansouth 4:35 play
6. UNCG Sapphires Numb Linkin Park 3:00 play
7. Clockwork Creep Radiohead 3:55 play
8. UNC Loreleis Vindicated Dashboard Confessional 3:11 play
9. Stanford Harmonics Faster Faster Bree Sharp 3:54 play
10. Cadence Don't Fix What's Broken Cadence 3:57 play
11. Michigan Dicks & Janes Blues In the Night Ella Fitzgerald 4:05 play
12. Joseph Bates Never the Time Joseph Bates 5:03 play
13. UNC Clef Hangers Can You Stand the Rain? Boyz II Men 3:58 play
14. Moosebutter I Hate Mosquitos Moosebutter 5:50 play
15. Vox One You Know Vox One 4:15 play
16. Elon Sweet Signatures Amsterdam Guster 3:32 play
17. 5 Alone Silence of Time New York Voices 2:25 play
18. UVA Academical Village People Do You Love Me? The Contours 3:05 play
19. Oregon Divisi Yeah! Usher 3:38 play
20. Tufts Beelzebubs Paranoid Android Radiohead 6:03 play

SING: A Vocal Explosion

SING: A Vocal Explosion

15 Tracks
Released 2004

A little background: Sing: A Vocal Explosion was released in the Fall of 2003, at the 1st annual SoJam a cappella festival.

The album showcases many of the best Professional and Collegiate a cappella groups from across the Southeastern United States, ranging from Washington, DC to Orlando, FL. With a broad mix of covers and originals, including tracks from Da Vinci's Notebook, Blue Jupiter and even a four and a half minute vocal percussion solo, the compilation was well received within the a cappella community, and was chosen as a RARB Pick of '04. No matter your musical tastes (so long as they were a cappella), Sing offers something for everyone.

 
  Artist Track Original Artist Arranger(s) Soloist(s) Duration  
1. UVA Academical Village People Kate Ben Folds Five AVP Josh Hailey 3:00 play
2. Elon Twisted Measure Strong Enough Sheryl Crow Kara Falck Katie Howell 3:10 play
3. NoJoe It's Gonna Rain Traditional (none) (none) 2:40 play
4. UNCG Spartones Stutter Joe (feat. Mystikal) Josh Flores John Bennett 3:37 play
5. UNC Loreleis Mother Mother Tracy Bonham Cheng/Gane Meredith Dillard 3:07 play
6. Blue Jupiter Heaven's Highest Hill Billy Falcon (none) (none) 4:07 play
7. Emory Aural Pleasure Winter Tori Amos Rob Redel Nicole Setzen 5:39 play
8. UNC Clef Hangers Easy The Commodores Davis / Massey / Neal / Fischer Jason Hamlin 4:40 play
9. Jon McLemore Don't Love Nobody Jon McLemore (none) (none) 2:27 play
10. NCSU Grains Of Time Lose Control Eric Carmen Rob Lee Ed Corey 4:48 play
11. dcVocals I Can't Make You Love Me Bonnie Rait Alex Kleinman Dipka Jain 4:05 play
12. Duke Pitchforks Rebecca Patrick McGee Band Mark Hecker/Joseph Bates Scott Lemmon 3:35 play
13. 4:2:Five Rules 4:2:Five (none) (none) 2:59 play
14. Da Vinci's Notebook Another Irish Drinking Song Dave Baumgartner (none) (none) 3:59 play
15. Dave Baumgartner Spittin' Image (Vp Freestyle) Dave Baumgartner Dave Baumgartner Dave Baumgartner 3:44 play

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