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some beautiful songs
whatever, i know i'm late but...
Great melody.
good, but NOT great
Oh

Everything All the Time
Band of Horses
Manufacturer: Sub Pop
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ASIN: B000E6GBV2
Release Date: 2006-03-21

Tracks:

The First Song
Wicked Gil
Our Swords
The Funeral
Part One
The Great Salt Lake
Weed Party
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St. Augustine

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This Seattle-based band was formed from the ashes of the incredibly talented Carissa's Wierd [sic], whose mopey and self-deprecating songs were like some magical and baroque combination of the Magnetic Fields, Cat Power, and Leonard Cohen. Longtime friends of Iron and Wine, few fans in their native Pacific Northwest could understand why Carissa's weren't huge. But they weren't, and after three albums and few folks really caring, they naturally broke up. Band of Horses, led by ultra-charming CW bassist Ben Bridwell, is a remarkably different, though just as radically excellent, brand of indie-pop sulk. These songs are anthems to ambivalence, and Bridwell's lovely high-pitched trill will please any fan of Built to Spill, the Shins, and Modest Mouse. It takes a few listens to sink in, but Everything is transcendent, shimmering, layered, and smartass emo-pop fully ready for stadium saturation. --James Conde

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Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat Brooke formed Band Of Horses in 2004 after the dissolution of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings Carissa's Wierd. Carissa's Wierd trafficked in sadly beautiful orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. Band Of Horses rises from those ashes. Buoyed by Bridwell's warm, reverb-heavy vocals (which channel a strange brew of Wayne Coyne, Neil Young, and Doug Martsch), the group's woodsy, dreamy songs ooze with amorphous tension, longing, and hope. Both raggedly epic and delicately pensive, this is an album painted gorgeously in fragile highs and lows.

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some beautiful songs.......2007-07-05

This is an excellent album full of beautiful songs that will get stuck in your head.

whatever, i know i'm late but..........2007-06-18

EATT was my favorite album of 2006. BoH is so much better than MMJ it's ridiculous.

Great melody........2007-05-27

Real nice album. Could use some guitar solos and there is so much room for it on this album. Maybe next time around? This band will only get better with age. Like a good linberger cheeze! Say cheeeeezzzzzze!

good, but NOT great.......2007-04-04

music is like built to spill, without any guitar explorations. its a straight "by the book" rock album, which is good but not great. vocals are heavy on the reverb. a mix between perry farrell and jim james , which is good but not great. i like the disc, and i play it often. its a great disc for a debut album though, and a good buy!! i have a feeling their next album will be great, BUT its on themselves to do something original and stop being someone else.

Oh.......2007-03-30

Decent music, good laid back indie-pop, though the vocalist has some kind of unnatural obsession with the vowel "O", or, the exclamation, "Oh!"

Seriously. Use other vowels. They're all free.

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a classic and challenging album
Land of a Thousand Horses (* * * * 1/2)
overrated junk
Poetic, disturbing...good album...3 and 1/2 stars out of 5
Horses

Horses
Patti Smith
Manufacturer: Arista
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ASIN: B000002VQQ
Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

Gloria
Redondo Beach
Birdland
Free Money
Kimberly
Break It Up
Land: Horses/Land Of A Thousand Dances/La Mer (De)
Elegie
My Generation (Bonus Track)

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On her 1975 debut, Smith was full of piss and vinegar, seriously interested in bringing together high art and low three-chord rock & roll. As a result, her free-form poetry meshes with covers of "Gloria" and "Land of a Thousand Dances," and the album centers on two long, highfalutin' pieces, including the three-part suite (warning! warning! art!) "Land." (The CD version appends a messy live take on The Who's "My Generation.") Led by Richard Sohl's piano, the arrangements don't exactly rock, and some of Smith's songwriting gets buried in its stylistic affectations (there's a great song under "Redondo Beach"'s fake reggae). But the point of Horses was Smith's persona of volume, cunning and exile, and it comes through distinctly. --Douglas Wolk

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a classic and challenging album.......2007-06-19

Patti smith has to be the most free of all the rock stars.. Her style is hers alone.. her energy and intensity.. her free use of language (obviously influenced by poetry), and above all her cathartic expressive process - prove that she is the best - that is she is herself..
the album Horses opens with one of her tamer tracks - a rocker 'gloria' it is followed by a true gem 'redondo beach' then it falls into the first spoken word expedition 'birdland'... 'kimberly' is another of my favorite tracks - but nothing can quite prepare you for the title track which is one of the few truly transcendant vocal tracks i have heard.. the album ends perfectly with the quiet 'elegie'..
this is an album you have to experience even if you do not like it - you still have to admire it as something truly different..

Land of a Thousand Horses (* * * * 1/2).......2007-05-07

It is a bit surprising that there are not more Amazon reviews than there are for Patti Smith's 1975 debut. After all, Horses is the kind of album - like those by kindred spirits The Velvet Underground and Television - that critics go absolutely bonkers over. (The 2007 Rush album had more reviews within a day of its release.) Like most such albums, this great praise did not lead to equally great sales. It did, however, result in reverence by the scores of musicians Smith has influenced, and ultimately in her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Patti Smith had published a few volumes of poetry in the early 70s, and was part of the Greenwich Village music scene that included guitarist Lenny Kaye and pianist Richard Sohl. Horses gave her the chance to show off her talents as both a poet and a rocker. Those who are leery of her 9-minute poetic flourishes will find her shorter, more conventional rock songs quite satisfying. These include "Free Money" (about winning the lottery, a decidedly non-poetic topic), the pop-flavored "Kimberly", and "Break It Up", which was co-written by Television frontman Tom Verlaine. On "Gloria", however, Smith sews together the poetic and the conventional perfectly, weaving the Van Morrison classic in and out of her own lyrics, highlighted by the mid-song headfirst plunge into the original without a missed beat. It is so seamless that one might find him/herself unsure of whose lyrics are being sung when. Drummer Jay Dee Daugherty is extraordinary, driving songs like "Gloria" and "Free Money" relentlessly forward.

Van Morrison clearly had an important influence on this record, but it is another Morrison - Jim - who is more often cited as an influence on Smith. I personally have never cared much for this comparison, as I am not a great admirer of Jim Morrison. However, the comparison is apt, as the tracks "Birdland" and "Land" can be interpreted as in the spirit of songs like "The End" and "When the Music's Over" by The Doors.

Horses is a crucial precurser to punk primarily because it anticipated that genre's sound before it came to fruition. However, it also anticipated the spirit of punk by looking to the early days of rock 'n roll to capture its youthful and inspired essence. This is heard not only in "Gloria", but in the middle section of "Land", which co-opts the oldie "Land of a Thousand Dances". While The Ramones would also cover oldies (eg, "California Sun", "Do You Wanna Dance?"), they preferred to keep their songs to about 2 minutes. Smith - like Television after her - was willing to give her songs a much larger canvas. The fact that Blue Oyster Cult's Allan Lanier, a boyfriend of Smith's, was the co-writer of "Kimberly" and "Elegie" made this album an all the more bizarre musical stew. (But the fact that The Velvet Underground's John Cale produced the album seems more appropriate than bizarre.)

Nearly 29 years old in November 1975, Patti Smith was no spring chicken when Horses was released. This gave her something of mother figure quality to not only the mostly male punks who would follow in her wake, but also to tough-minded female rockers ranging from Chrissie Hynde and Kim Gordon to PJ Harvey and Liz Phair. (And I am sticking to the idea that the name The Smiths came about as a result of the fact that Morrissey and Johnny Marr met at one of her concerts.) Horses may have its soft spots, but its updates on the past and influence on the future make it one of the most essential American recordings ever.

overrated junk.......2007-05-03

One of the most awful pieces of junk ever released. Her caterwauling will get on your nerves. They put this no-talent in the Rock and Roll hall of fame?

Poetic, disturbing...good album...3 and 1/2 stars out of 5.......2007-02-01

I'm writing this review some months after buying this album. I bought the album because it was mentioned in an article about albums you must own. Saw this album really cheap, new, with a vinyl look to the cd.

Usually I write very long-winded reviews of albums, so this time I'll just write something short, and going on memory. Firstly, I am mostly into pop/rock music. By these standards, there aren't any great/good songs in that mould in this album. This isn't to say that the album is a dud...merely to say that the album should be judged by different criteria to pop/rock. It's also not to say that the artist can't write great songs in the pop/rock mould-she has written a pop/rock masterpiece in "Because the night".

So, what is the attraction of this album? To me, it's the poetic, lyrical, scary, weird terrain that it covers. Sure, there are covers, more or less, of well known songs like "Gloria" [has original lyric input from Smith, I think] and "My generation", but these songs are not reasons to buy the album...they're probably the weakest links in this album.

This album could not have been released decades beforehand, I would not think. The sheer weirdness and creepiness of some songs would have seen Patti either sedated or moved into a sanitarium!

Stand-out songs for me are: "Birdland" and "Land", from memory. The former has an interesting lyrical structure and delves into the weird...alien abductions, from memory. "Land" is the song, from memory, where Patti gives full vent to her weirdness...some of her imagery is quite disturbing and suitable for mature audiences only, I think.

These songs, being poetic in nature, make it reasonably opaque as to what the narrative of the song is, apart from having bloody, disturbing imagery on occasion.

All in all, this album does not have conventionally 'good' songs on it. It's more arty/farty, if I can phrase it that way. I wouldn't listen to this album for specific songs...it's more the kind of album you just plonk on and listen to all the way through...perhaps it's a hot-bath or veg-out listen kind of cd.

There aren't any conventionally memorable songs on this, but I think I did enjoy songs like "Redondo Beach" and "Free money" [apart from the 'worthy' songs like "Birdland" and "Land"]. "Free money" sounds like a Broadway musical song...if there was a Broadway musical called "Free money", this song would be the theme song! It has the vibe of a song from the musical "Cabaret".

Just btb, listening to one song in particular on this album [I don't remember which], it struck me that Patti's vocals reminded me [forget temporal order here] of The Divinyl's Chrissie Amphlett. So, perhaps Chrissie was influenced vocally by Patti.

Anyway, this is a really good album, it's just not good in a "top 40" kind of way. If you like experimental, poetic type music, I think you will like this album. It's not weird in a The Beatles' "Revolution 9" kind of way, but the poetic imagery of Patti is sometimes more weird than The Beatles.

For the musically adventurous.

P.S. seeing as Patti Smith is usually grouped with the punk-rock movement, you may be interested in my reviews of other punk bands, i.e. The Ramones' Anthology and the Australian punk rock band The Saints' anthology entitled "Know your product". If you like political music check out my reviews of Australian pop/rock group Midnight Oil. Politics never sounded so good.

Horses.......2006-05-13

When it opens with a line like, "Jesus died for someone's sins but not for mine", you know you're in for something good. Sure enough, that one line launches you into a forty-five minute album filled with graphic descriptions of sex and violence. (Listen to my personal favorite, Land, if you want proof). She sings her dark verses with so much intensity, so much feeling that it makes Jim Morrison look like a raving drunk. Yes, it's that intense, people. And she somehow manages to turn a brutal tale of murder into the R&B nugget Land of a Thousand Dances, not to mention an even rawer version of Gloria, the album's signature song.
Best tunes include Gloria, Free Money, Kimberly, Break It Up and Horses, though every song on this album is thoroughly amazing.

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Axe Rufus Wainwright, and it would be 5 stars
Yes, it's one of the best albums I own
Brokeback Mountain
A matter of taste...
Perfect, just like the movie...

Brokeback Mountain
Gustavo Santaolalla , and Various Artists
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Release Date: 2005-11-01

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Opening - Gustavo Santaolalla
He Was A Friend Of Mine - Willie Nelson
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A Love That Will Never Grow Old - Emmylou Harris
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Argentina-born, California-based Gustavo Santaolalla helped shape the rock en Español movement by producing Mexican bands Molotov and Café Tacuba , and Colombian singer Juanes. In the late 1990s he made a switch to soundtracks, working on well-received albums for Amores Perros and The Motorcycle Diaries. His instrumental contributions to Ang Lee's tale of two cowboys in love are acoustic guitar-based and, let's face it, a bit on the sonic-wallpaper side.

The vocal tracks, on the other hand, are uniformly lovely, even if the selection of interpreters falls on the predictable side. Linda Ronstadt, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, and Mary McBride on the soundtrack to a contemporary Western? What a shock! Still, they're all wonderful and Santaolalla wrote at least a couple of classic-sounding country ballads ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old," sung by Emmylou Harris, and "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me," sung by Mary McBride). And don't miss Teddy Thompson and Rufus Wainwright's sweet cover of Roger Miller's 1964 "King of the Road." --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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Axe Rufus Wainwright, and it would be 5 stars.......2007-06-13

This album is a mixture of the instrumental theme, which is incredibly beautiful and haunting, and some very solid country songs. I was surprised by how good the other songs were (you still have to like country music, though). There are only two songs that I don't like at all, and those are the two by Rufus Wainwright - one a cover of "King of the Road" (originally by Roger Miller). They are great demonstrations of him at his most nasal and whiny. It sounds like he is a French guy holding his nose and singing too slow. It's too bad, because they are good songs otherwise. I guess if you like him, you're golden; but I can't stand these versions. Fortunately, the rest of the disc is really good.

Yes, it's one of the best albums I own.......2007-06-03

I listened to it over and over and over last year. Such quality all 'round.

Brokeback Mountain.......2007-05-13

The product is what I expected. It arrived on time and in the condition advertised.

A matter of taste..........2007-05-08

I didn't really pay a lot of attention to the music in the film, except for in the most intense of scenes. Perhaps this is why I was so, completely, disappointed with this soundtrack. I felt that if it did even half of what the film did for me it would be a worthy buy. My friends, this soundtrack is shat. It's mostly country and folk, which I am plainly not into. If you like these things then check this out - if not, turn away.

Perfect, just like the movie..........2007-04-21

It is so wonderful, relaxing..if you`re thinking in buying...Just do it!

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delightful experience
Excellent Compilation with Marvelous Tracks
Beyond the first Silk Road CD
Excelent!!!
One of the Best !

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Release Date: 2005-04-05

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It is a perilous proposition when genres clash--and no such collaboration is more potentially fraught than when improvisation-trained folk musicians sit in with Western classical instrumentalists, who are taught to interpret a printed score. The renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has devoted much of his professional life to such intercultural experiments. But the traditions of nations situated along the ancient Silk Road, which began in the Far East, meandered through Asia and terminated in Europe, are especially dear to him. These lushly arranged pieces range from moody scenic vistas to percussive Turkish hip-shakers and they make very pleasant listening. If they owe more to the European canon than the ethnic sources that inspired them, they are also the result of respectful give-and-take between a team of acknowledged masters. And nobody is more of a team player than Maestro Ma, an impassioned, fearless musical seeker and a gracious, deferential colleague. --Christina Roden

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delightful experience.......2007-07-04

this collection of music is quite a cultural experience. I've been hooked since I opened the cover!

Excellent Compilation with Marvelous Tracks.......2007-01-20

I enjoyed this compilation of Silk Road music very much. It delivers a nice, diverse sample of music from the region. My favorite track of the CD is Shikasta, but I like the others as well.

Beyond the first Silk Road CD.......2006-11-23

Yo-Yo Ma went beyond indeed. The first CD with Silk Road ensemble (When Strangers Meet) was inconsistent and somewhat experimental. This one however, is superb. As if in the 5 years the musicians got to know each other (but in truth, only a few musicians are the same). 23 traditional Eastern instruments are listed plus a number of western strings and other percussion was used. So the music on this CD gets my full attention, and as the title of first track suggests, you (can) get enchanted.
The tracks are ordered into three parts: Enchantments (1-5), Origins (6-9) and New Beginnings. First track is strangely familiar (like it was used in some film, but there is no mention of this). In third track this theme gets Chinese interpretation. The style from one track to the other changes, so you can't get bored or overexcited. Second is simply very nice, the fourth great intro of Armenian wind instrument duduk (played by famous Gevorg Dabaghyan), accompanied by percussion mostly, albeit the piece is short. 5 is gentle with cello and xun (Chinese ocarina), 6 orchestral from slow to cool, 7 again gentle with cello and vocal, 8 starts with yearning duduk and turns into orchestral battle, 9 cello and percussion. Track 10 is the only one with prominent vocal (love song) and introduces us to the last part of CD, which are more like jam sessions of all instruments. 11 and 13 are very lively. The last one, track 15, brings us a new interpretation of very ancient Chinese melody played on pipa.

Some would probably say this CD is commercialized. Personally I don't see any wrongdoings in this as long the music stays a high quality one. For the more authentic Silk Road one can always buy The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan.

Excelent!!!.......2006-01-15

One of the best concerts I attended in my life (so far... :-)...)

One of the Best !.......2005-12-06

This album has captured the soul of the Silkroad. There is not a single track in this album I don't like. I've been listening to it over and over and over again since I first got it. I think it's much better than the first one.

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Good not great.
All The Zombie Trademarks With Some Fresh New Elements; Great Overall Album
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Educated Horses
Rob Zombie
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Fresh off the major success of his latest feature film, "The Devil's Rejects," Rob Zombie is returning this spring to his first passion - music - playing it live and loud. Zombie has finished recording his third solo studio CD, "Educated Horses" (Geffen Records).

"Educated Horses" was produced by Zombie and long time producer Scott Humphrey (Metallica, Motley Crue), who together also produced the platinum hits Hellbilly Deluxe and The Sinister Urge. Other musicians contributing to the CD are Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, Vandals) and Tommy Lee. Zombie, a prolific video director in his own right having directed over twenty five videos, will direct the video for "Foxy Foxy" (the first single) Zombie will re-team with The Devil's Rejects cinematographer Phil Parmet. Parmet has also worked on Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same" and Frank Zappa's "Baby Snakes".

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Good not great........2007-06-22

I like many of the tracks on this album. I think that John 5 is the best guitarist in rock n' roll. I know that this is a much different kind of album for Rob Zombie, but I think he needed to change it up a bit. My only complaint is that I kinda wished that he cussed a little on this album. Heah. I like it when my metal bands cuss.

All The Zombie Trademarks With Some Fresh New Elements; Great Overall Album.......2007-05-29

A slight departure for Rob Zombie, "Educated Horses" veers away from the electronic effects and the sampling, that were so prevelant on classics like the "Hellbilly Deluxe" album, on most of its songs, focusing on a driving, hammering, metal assault led by great distorted guitar-work and Zombie's distinctive (and increasingly versatile) vocal performance. The electronic/sampling elements are still present, popping up to fine effect on tracks like "Let It All Bleed Out", while techniques not usually associated with Zombie - like soft/acoustic guitars - turn up fairly frequently. The atmospheric instrumental "Sawdust In The Blood" - both haunting and menacing - opens up the album and segues right into the instantly memorable future classic "American Witch".

Most of the lyrics on "Educated Horses" are on the vague side, sounding kind of like songs based on horror movies yet to be made. Creepy, well-crafted, and sometimes with a lot of between-the-lines subtext, they're the kind of songs you can something different out of on subsequent listens. The song on here based on a horror movie that Has been made, is of course "The Devil's Rejects", based on the second of Zombie's 'Firefly family' films. It ties in to the movie in a disturbing way, seemingly a reflection on how the Rejects see themselves and the world around them. "Foxy Foxy" and "The Scorpion Sleeps" are also standout tracks that deserve a special mention, although there's not a weak song on the disc. It's still got pretty much everything that made the previous albums work, but expands with new angles. I think there's a definate influence from '70s classic rock on here, although that influence has been fed through a steam-powered grinder to come out distinctly Rob Zombie. "Educated Horses" is a 4.5 star album containing much of Zombie's best music to date.

Rob knows how to entertain you.......2007-05-09

Rob is a very talented artist and here he is again with a new album and a new tour. This like many of his other albums you can play from start to finish and be entertained. If you get the opportunity to see his show live I would recommend it as well, I have seen him 5 times and have never been dissapointed!

Return of Rob.......2007-04-25

I'll agree with other that this album is Rob's least heavy album. That being said, I found it very enjoyable. The songs are easily accesible and probably the most mainstream sounding Zombie has ever put out. This album is sure to cater to a much wider scope of people then say, Hellbilly Deluxe. The beats and hooks are very catchy. It's defintely not his best effort but still a worthy album that shows how Rob is always progressing and never beating a certain sound to death. A+ to Rob Zombie for his innovation in music from the early White Zombie days to present.

Love the Deadman.......2007-02-19

This guys is just off the chain with his creativity. He has style all his own. I have seen hime live ( looking forward to it again). This CD is really a good piece of work. To many haters trying to compare him to White Zombie. This is different and I would hope everyone would judge it that way

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Tull keeps up their excellence....
How this album could be any better, I do not know.
Even the Bonus Tracks are great
Jethro Tull - The Only Album I Know Of About Plow Horses
Great late period album from Jethro Tull

Heavy Horses
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Like 1977's Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses is often unfairly posited as the thematic follow-up to its aforementioned studio predecessor. While Songs from the Wood evokes a magical atmosphere, Heavy Horses is far more earthly. Indeed, on the nine-minute-long title-track--a most poetic ode to the England's plough horses--Ian Anderson sings with the sorrow of a farmhand witnessing modern harvesting equipment coming over the horizon for the first time. One can even forgive him the rather randy line, "Let me find you a filly for your proud stallion seed, to keep the old line going." Sure, there's plenty of prattle about drinking afternoon tea with mice, but tracks like "Moths" and "Acres Wild" mark Heavy Horses as a must-own title in the Jethro Tull canon. --Kevin Maidment

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Digitally remastered reissue of 1978 album includes 2 bonus tracks 'Living In These Hard Times' (taken from the album 20 Years Of Jethro Tull - recorded at Maison Rouge 1978) & 'Broadford Bazaar' (taken from the album Nightcap Unreleased Masters). 11 tracks & liner notes written by Ian Anderson. Chrysalis. 2003.

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Digitally Remastered Edition of their 1978 Studio Album which Only Increased the Passion and Fire Rekindled on "Songs from the Wood" the Year Prior. Anderson was Keenly Aware of the Modern Music Scene and was Determined Not to Be Lumped Into the "Dinosaur" Category and Kept Jethro Tull's Music Fresh and Invigorating.

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Tull keeps up their excellence...........2007-07-02

After Aqualung, the critics are pretty dismissive (and downright hostile) to Jethro Tull. They only had a few hits after Aqualung (a single edit of Thick as a Brick and Bungle in the Jungle), and most of their 70's work is dismissed. It's really BS, because their work became much more complicated and progressive as the decade wore on. Here their restless experimentation and complicated songs really come through. I love the opener ...and the Mouse Police Never Sleeps. That's a great title for an opening song, something you would probably never hear today. The song Moths is one of my all time favorite Tull songs, one which I play constantly. The title track is very poetic and wistful, and is another favorite. All of Tull's albums are excellent. There was never one really bad one in the patch. Critics have always had it in for prog rock, and when Tull went in that direction, the critics took out their long knives and started cutting away. Despite this, Tull remained popular throughout the 70's (especially in the U.K. and Europe), and have continued to make great music.

How this album could be any better, I do not know. .......2007-06-29

This is my kind of album. It takes every aspect I love about Jethro Tull, and amplifies it well. Every song is just a swirling sound of joy, and the instrumentation is just classic.

When I listen to this album, I wonder why Jethro Tull wasn't a full-time folk rock band. It is an album where the band's wonderful instrumentation only compliment's Ian Anderson's wonderful songwriting, and fantastically original (but unique) voice.

This is simply a must have for every Tull fan.

Even the Bonus Tracks are great.......2007-06-23

I've owned a vinyl version of HEAVY HORSES since my college days (late 70s). It's always been one of my favorites, and I recently purchased the Oct 2003 release of the HEAVY HORSES CD, which includes two bonus tracks.

I'll let everyone else's commentary on the original 9 songs stand, but let me add this...

EVEN the bonus tracks on this album are great. Usually when you hear bonus tracks, you instantly KNOW why they were never released. Not so with "Living in These Hard Times" and "Broadford Bazaar". Both have that lovely minstrel and rural feeling of Tull's Songs From the Wood and Heavy Horses sessions. Very nice.

Jethro Tull - The Only Album I Know Of About Plow Horses.......2007-06-08

Jethro Tull was a band that seemed to be in a constant state of evolution both musically and with it's personnel. The mainstays to this day remain Ian Anderson and Martin Barre with a whole cast of others who have come and gone over the years. The lineup on this one consisted of Anderson and Barre along with John Evan (keys), Barrymore Barlow (drums), John Glascock (bass), and David Palmer (keys and orchestral arrangements). It was actually one of Tull's best lineups from a musical perspective and all of the individual musicians shine on this one. Jethro Tull is the only band that I can think of that could get away with doing an album whose main subjects are plow horses, mice, and farm implements. This is a very different album from just about anything most non Tull fans will have ever heard, but somehow the band makes it work beautifully. The music is a continuation of the folk, prog, rock that was so prevalent on the previous disc "Songs From The Wood". The lyrics are some of Anderson's most clever with a few slight trips here and there. The two longer tracks on the album "No Lullaby" and the title track are both great allowing the band to expand their musical palate. The shorter songs are all great too with their earthy music and lyrics. The one thing that I do notice on this disc however is that this seems to be the first time that you start to hear some deterioration in Ian Anderson's voice. Maybe it was recorded like it is on purpose, but there is defiantly a growley undertone to his vocals and his range does not seem to be quite up to previous albums. Other than that though, this is another solid Jethro Tull album and fits right in among the bands better efforts.

Great late period album from Jethro Tull.......2007-05-29

I am of the opinion that Jethro Tull produced some fine music during the 1977-1978 timeframe and this 1978 album, although moving away from the full blown prog of the early-mid 1970s, still packs a proggy punch. Without naming names, it is worth mentioning that this album is much, much better than albums being released by their English prog "colleagues" in 1978. When paired with the excellent Songs from the Wood (1977), these two albums present an excellent fusion of progressive rock and the woodsier flavors of the folk music. A very nice combination in fact - come to think of it, this phase of Jethro Tull is a personal favorite.

The lineup on Heavy Horses included Ian Anderson (vocals; flute; mandolin; acosutic guitar; and whistles); the amazing Barriemore Barlow (drums and percussion); my favorite Tull bassist (John Glascock); Martin Barre (electric and acoustic guitars); John Evans (piano; organ; synthesizers); and David Palmer (portative pipe organ; synthesizers; orchestral arrangements). Joining the band was ex-Curved Air member Darryl Way who contributed some violin on the title track. The playing by all members is just fantastic, with Barriemore and John Glascock forming a formidable rhythm section. Barriemore's playing on this album is especially impressive.

The nine tracks on the album range in length from 3'11" to 8'57" and present a superb blend of progressive rock, hard rock, and some folk-inflected rock. Fortunately, I do not hear any attempts to incorporate any mainstream musical styles popular at the time, e.g. disco, American arena rock. In fact, this is a very organic sounding album through and through, and pleasant acoustic textures balance the more rocking aspects of their music out nicely. One of my favorite tracks on this album is No Lullaby - the drum fills are breathtaking - Barriemore really pulls out the stops.

This remastered album sounds excellent and features liner notes and the lyrics to each of the original tracks. The bonus tracks are very good too although I was more than pleased with the original album.

All in all this is an excellent album of acoustic-tinged progressive rock by the band and more or less forms a bookend to their progressive works of the 1970's. Highly recommended along with Thick as a Brick (1972); A Passion Play (1973); and Songs from the Wood (1977).

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experimental bliss
Nine Horses Ride Again

Money for All
David Sylvian , and Nine Horses
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Snow Borne Sorrow
Wonderful World EP
World Citizen
Prezens
RockPaperScissors

ASIN: B000J4QQ2S
Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

Money For All
Get The Hell Out
The Banality Of Evil (Burnt Friedman Remix)
Wonderful World (Burnt Friedman Remix)
Birds Sing For Their Lives
Serotonin (Burnt Friedman Remix)
Money For All (Version)
Get The Hell Out (Burnt Friedman Remix)

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Remix projects are often commercially motivated ventures that jettison everything that made a track personal and expressive in favor of thudding, generic dance beats that will get played in clubs and on the radio. But as is usually the case, singer David Sylvian has a different approach. Nine Horses is his project with his brother and drummer, Steve Jansen, and electronica artist Burnt Friedman. They take songs from the 2006 release Snow Borne Sorrow and find new dimensions in their already multifaceted songs. These are more reimaginings than remixes. The slow electro-soul of "The Banality of Evil" becomes an ethereal New Orleans dirge that brings out Sylvian's baleful lyrics like a lost voodoo prayer. "Wonderful World" emphasizes Keith Lowe's slinky double bass line, underscoring the already smoke-filled jazz noir feel this track had in its original form. Stina Nordenstam sings the chorus on that, and the remix makes her fractured soprano an even more startling contrast with Sylvian's dolorously fudgy tenor. Nordenstam takes the lead on the hallucinatory lullaby of "Birds Sing for Their Lives," originally a Japanese-only bonus track. There are also new tracks: the funky and acerbic "Money for All" and the ominous, but still funky "Get the Hell Out," the latter full of glitchy beats and chamber strings. Both are reheated in alternate versions as well. You can't dance to the remixes of Money for All, but you can go deeper into the world of David Sylvian. --John Diliberto

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experimental bliss.......2007-03-19

Hypnotic, dreamy, experimental, adventurous forays into sound like no other can produce. This is quite simply a visionary work that contains the marks of real genius. Enjoy in various states of consciousness.

Nine Horses Ride Again.......2007-01-27

David Sylvian, Burnt Friedman and Steve Jansen have fortunately made the decision to continue working together under the moniker of NINE HORSES. This eight track EP begins with the title track, "Money For All", a collaboration between Sylvian and Friedman. Jazzy vibraphone and clarinet riffs are intertwined with bluesy guitar licks and folky harmonica lines,...all casually placed atop a slightly trippy hip hop groove. The song also features the soulful harmonies from the very same backing vocalists who helped frame a large portion of the melody lines on Nine Horses' debut, Snow Borne Sorrow. Sylvian's lyrics seem to be filled with veiled attacks against the US President Bush and the Republican Party (referred to here as "a mean looking elephant"), basically hitting them hard where they purport to be the strongest: homeland security, capitalism, and the neo-conservative urge for war rather than diplomacy. Yet the cultural climate maintained by the nation's citizens is also taken to task: the endless need for foreign oil, the downside to nationalistic pride resulting in an 'us versus them' mentality, the overall greed that is prevalent in capitalism and destructive vices that many willingly take part in.
"Get The Hell Out", written by Jansen and Sylvian, is built upon a funked up techno beat which is somewhat similar to the recent sound of Massive Attack. Staccato synthesized horn kicks punctuate the track throughout the relatively aggressive verses, while Sylvian's smooth Fender Rhodes and a highly orchestrated sampling of violins permeate the much gentler bridges. Though Sylvian's lyrics are uncharacteristically less descriptive than usual, it appears as though the song's subject matter revolves around an abused woman in need of escape from her current situation.
"Birds Sing For Their Lives", which previously appeared on the Japanese version of Nine Horses' debut cd, is a collaboration between Jansen and Sylvian with singer Stina Nordenstam handling all vocals and lyrics. The song's minimalistic and icy tone atop an eerily adagio waltz tempo is perfect for Nordenstam's fragile vocal.
In the case of Friedman's remixes of the tracks from Snow Borne Sorrow, all three fail to improve upon the originals in any way and come across as unnecessary in my opinion. Yet the new material that is included can only be considered as especially strong additions to the Nine Horses catalog, so this is well worth it.

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Great western soundtrack
a very memorable cd
a very memorable cd
a very memorable cd
Truly Incredible

All the Pretty Horses (2001 Film)

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The Straight Story: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Think a Second Time
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ASIN: B000056KYJ
Release Date: 2001-01-16

Tracks:

Cowboy's Dream
Canyon Sonata
All the Pretty Horses
Purty Dad Gum Good
After the Rain
Mild Cello Blues
Malarki Opus in D Major
John Grady's Angel
Edge of the World
Get My Boots
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Ain't That a Drag
My Last Days on Earth/What's It Like to Be Dead?
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Far Away
Far Away (Reprise)
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Novelist Cormac McCarthy's literary vision of the wild west is given wide-screen treatment by maverick director Billy Bob Thornton and a cast that includes Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, and Bruce Dern. Professional country music journeyman Marty Stuart has performed with father-in-law Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, and Doc Watson, in addition to a successful solo career. In his soundtrack scoring debut, he provides short, meditative instrumental pieces that are subtly explosive--rife as they are with strains of old-school country and bluegrass. Cinematic strings and orchestral percussion add a welcome menacing edge, augmenting the rustic approach without crossing over into a compromised "countrypolitan" sound. If anything, it might be nice to hear these themes extended. As it stands, the 23 listed tracks are covered in a little under 50 minutes, with many of the cuts barely lasting more than a minute or two. They stand as a new genre of cinematic country minimalism. --Rob O'Connor

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Great western soundtrack.......2004-02-28

This is a must buy for fans of western soundtracks.It mixes beautifully symphonic music with Guitar music and spices it up all together with a south of the border flavor. Haunting music that will make you want to never take it out of your cd changer. It also
Features two vocal pieces, the first a spanish song sung by the very talented Raul Malo of the country group the mavericks, the second song is a beautiful ballad sung by Marty Stuart. Though I never owned any cd's of Marty Stuart he earns my respect with composing this film score.(cowboy hats off to you Mr.Stuart)

a very memorable cd.......2003-07-04

I thoroughly enjoyed this soundtrack cd. It soars high on ambiance, romance, and easy listening.

a very memorable cd.......2003-07-04

I thoroughly enjoyed this soundtrack cd. It soars high on ambiance, romance, and easy listening.

a very memorable cd.......2003-07-04

I thoroughly enjoyed this soundtrack cd. It soars high on ambiance, romance, and easy listening.

Truly Incredible.......2003-03-12

This album is a masterpiece. Within the first strums of the guitar, you feel as though you are among the southwestern hills. It has immediately become one of my favorites of all-time. The songs are filled with beautiful imagery, enchanting tunes, and haunting melodies. The shortness of the songs in unnoticable, as each song blends into the next, and the album itself serves as one epic journey. It is not meant to be listened to a song at a time, but as a whole. As I said, it is truly incredible. I would recommend it to absolutely anyone.

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Bleck!
Voice of an Angel!!
fun cd
Good? Yes. Great? No. Over-rated? HECK YES!
Enchantment Indeed!

Enchantment
Richard Rodgers , Michel Legrand , Leo Delibes , American Traditional , Erik Satie , British Isles Traditional , Jerome Kern , Johann II Strauss , Lucy Simon , David Foster , Sian Edwards , John Clark , Eric Rigler , Frank Ricotti , John Parricelli , Mark Hammond , Paul Keogh , and Michael Thompson
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Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church
Voice of an Angel
Charlotte Church
Dream a Dream
Tissues and Issues

ASIN: B00005OWEJ
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

Tonight
Carrickfergus
Habanera
Bali Ha'i
Papa Can You Hear Me?
The Flower Duet
The Little Horses
From My First Moment
The Water Is Wide
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
The Laughing Song
If I Loved You
A Bit Of Earth
Somewhere
The Prayer

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Of course, we couldn't expect time to freeze its relentless path and forever preserve the Welsh sensation Charlotte Church in a chrysalis of precocious youth. And yet, at 15 and now taking bolder steps into expanding her repertory on Enchantment, the soprano remains a marvel of a prodigy. Here, she scours a wider range of sources than on her previous albums. Church moves with breathtaking ease from classic Broadway (West Side Story, Show Boat, South Pacific) to traditional Celtic, film ballads, and even a couple of high-operatic numbers. Church's straightforward approach to the melody of "La Habanera" may not exactly be what Bizet had in mind for his Carmen, but fans will get double pleasure out of the singer's exquisite duet with herself on the haunting "Flower Duet" from Delibes's Lakmé. What's more, there's a greater freedom of expression and sense of how to shape a phrase in many of these tracks--notice how much there is to savor, for instance, in "The Water Is Wide" and "Carrickfergus." It all adds up to a widely varied course, demonstrating the continued growth of a singularly gifted young artist. --Sarah Chin

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Bleck!.......2007-05-30

Charlotte has a producing voice, not quite mature, but it's bearable. I don't really appreciate opera unless your name is Sarah Brightman, Hayley Westenra or Holly Stell. Carrickfergus and Somewhere are decent for her voice, but "The Prayer" and "The Water is Wide" is very damaging to my ears due to the fact, her Italian sucks, her range is not wide enough in "Water".

Voice of an Angel!!.......2007-02-05

I enjoy listening to this cd by Charlotte Church! She has such a lovely voice. I especially love listening to Habañera and The Flower Duet as both are sung beautifully by Ms. Church!!

fun cd.......2006-12-29

I love this cd and have had it quite a while. I was just enjoying it again today and thought I'd write a review because I do enjoy it so much. It's just a fun, enjoyable album. Pretty orchestration, a lovely voice, nice to sing along with. Especially at the top of my lungs in the car (alone when no one can hear me!)
I really don't know why one would NOT enjoy this cd.

Good? Yes. Great? No. Over-rated? HECK YES!.......2006-12-15

I bought this CD when I was still in high school, singing soprano I & II in choir. It's not bad but she does much better than even some older kids attempting soprano. I think due to the popularity she gained this poor girl has endured much harsh criticism. True, we can't cut her slack JUST because she is a little girl but on the other hand for someone to sing opera at that age her work IS superb. Whether she's a prodigy or victim of over-ambitious parents & media, she deserves credit where it's due. At least she DID break out as some-what of a mainstream artist & exposed this type of music to those who stereotyped it as fat ladies w/powder-white make-up belting out notes that would shatter glass. Some say the same for Josh Groban who broke into the scene as a mainstream tenor/baritone vocalist. As far as skills & talent, he not the greatest either but many people adore his music. The same credit should go to Charlotte Church.

As far as feedback on the quality...
It's VERY hard to believe the deliverance of her performance. A 15-year-old (even younger on her debut cd) singing songs about love & being able to see the world seems silly. Cracking voice? Yeah, you can really tell she had a difficult time hitting the high note in The Laughing Song because it got all air-y. Honestly, some trained sopranos over-shoot their high notes too & get extremely SHARP so I didn't mind her air-i-ness. I think she did a great job on The Flower Duet though. It still has the same relaxing quality as some other versions I've heard from various movie soundtracks. But compare this to the likes of professionals - real professionals - she's merely tolerable. Try Sarah Brightman if you want to listen to some nice musical sopranos. She even has some pretty remakes of modern songs.

Enchantment Indeed!.......2006-08-20

This CD is simply amazing! However, I am sick and tired of people pressuring her to be someone that she's not! Trying to fit into today's popular music scene, Charlotte has turned to pop, and her career isn't flying well because of it! Her voice is simply amazing for opera, and I will not hear another insulting word about her!

Anyways, the CD is genius! Tonight from "West Side Story" is beautifully sung. Carrickfergus, Habanera, and Bali Ha'i are sung with a hypnotizing beauty. Papa, Can you Hear Me and The Flower Duet are amazing as well!

However, on The Flower Duet, Church's vocals seem strained a bit. The Little Horses is a decent piece, a remake of the standard English folk song. I prefer it straight instead of a varied beat, so that Church's voice could soar on and on.

From my First Moment is a fairly nice song, but The Water is Wide is simply amazing! Her vocals are soaring and mezmerizing!

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man is NOT the song for her, because she puts a weird accent on the song, like she's trying to sound like a hoodlum! The Laughing Song is something that SHOULD NOT be tried by children, because the vocals are so strained! If I Loved You is a simple yet wonderful piece!

A Bit of Earth and Somewhere are both beautiful pieces, with excellent work from the orchestra.

Overall, this CD is very beautiful! BUY IT!

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Smooth as silk
Big Fan of Sylvian
Great Sylvian
a little flux, a little mutability
did anyone notice ?

Snow Borne Sorrow
Nine Horses
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Blemish
The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter: Blemish Remixes
Secrets of the Beehive

ASIN: B000B8GUGO
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

Wonderful World
Darkest Birds
The Banality of Evil
Atom and Cell
A History of Holes
Snow Borne Sorrow
The Day the Earth Stole Heaven
Serotonin
The Librarian

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Snow Borne Sorrow is released under the name Nine Horses, but make no mistake--this is a David Sylvian CD, his best in two decades. After the dislocated dissonance of Blemish, Sylvian returns to songs and melody, recalling the jazz and ambient inflected work of earlier CDs like Product Description

Probably the most commercial release that David Sylvian has ever been involved with, Nine Horses still manages to sound unlike any other album out there at the moment. Breaking boundaries, fusing styles and yet delivering beautiful pop melodies and stunning vocals on songs that Sylvian fans everywhere are bound to fall in love with. Nine Horses brings together Sylvian, his brother Steve Jansen (ex-Japan), and the well respected Burnt Friedman and they have created a suite of remarkably poignant songs that are part social commentary and part self-analysis. Sylvian and his collaborators have never sounded better nor the material more immediate. Other guest contributors include: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Stina Nordenstam, Arve Henriksen and many more. Samadhi Sound. 2005.

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Probably the Most Commercial Release that David Sylvian Has Ever Been Involved With, Nine Horses Still Manages to Sound Unlike Any Other Album Out There at the Moment. Breaking Boundaries, Fusing Styles and Yet Delivering Beautiful Pop Melodies and Stunning Vocals on Songs that Sylvian Fans Everywhere Are Bound to Fall in Love With. Nine Horses Brings Together Sylvian, his Brother Steve Jansen (Ex-japan) and the Well Respected Burnt Friedman. The Trio have Created a Suite of Remarkably Poignant Songs that Are Part Social Commentary and Part Self-analysis. Sylvian and his Collaborators have Never Sounded Better Nor the Material More Immediate. Other Guest Contributors Include: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Stina Nordenstam, Arve Henriksen and Many More. This Album's Sound is Expanded, Maximalist, Full, Rooted in Traditional Song Structures Like Some of Sylvian's Classic Solo Albums Like "Brilliant Trees", "Secrets of the Beehive" and "Dead Bees on a Cake".

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Smooth as silk.......2007-03-16

This music is smooth as silk, and often is gorgeously anchored by the sinewy bass lines of Keith Lowe (no pun intended).

Big Fan of Sylvian.......2007-01-03

I've been a big fan of Sylvian ever since Dead Bees on a Cake and this album doesn't disappoint at all. Only problem is waiting as long as we do between albums for the next! This album clearly is better than the last, however, which had some seemingly experimental songs that didn't quite work for me. LOVE this one, though and can't wait for his next.

Great Sylvian.......2006-12-09

This is the best Sylvian since Secrets. It's penetrating, powerful and beautiful. Even a little humor.

You like Sylvian? Buy this.

a little flux, a little mutability.......2006-10-28

In many ways, Snow Borne Sorrow felt like a surprise. "Blemish" while very experimental, began to feel like a boldly decided direction; abandoning the lush, Scott Walker-esque melancholoy of his 80s solo work in favor of cold, white noise and electronic sound scapes. But then here came Snow Borne Sorrow. I'm not sure what other people are hearing, but these songs are definitely very well structured, well written, impecibly produced, with lyrics on par with Leonard Cohen (well, almost). Yes, it's an undeniably admirable record. Then why do I, a diehard fan of Sylvian for more than 20 years, find myself advancing through most of the songs on this record?

My immediate answer is that the songs are just too, too long and laden with meaning and heavyness. Not that Sylvian's stuff has ever been light fluff, take "Before the Bullfight" as an example. But missing here are the rich arrangements like Sakamato's contribution to "Beehive" or Fripp's huge guitar work on "...Bullfight" that lift the heavyness of the lyric or vocal styling into something warmer. The songs don't tend to move that much on Snow Borne Sorrow. They find a pattern and they stick with it for a long time. They feel as if they written on loops. Also, his voice, which I am utterly devoted to, is mixed entirely too high and never gives the music a chance to take center-stage.

What I find most redeeming about SBS are the lyrics. The wit and depth of image are superior to anything he's written before. Lyrically, it's the picture of an artist working at the peak of his abilities. On Seratonin, bed sheets become "mountain ranges at my feet." Harmony is new for Sylvian but it comes off strangely yet masterfully on the chorus of "Atom and Cell." But once again, not one song jumps out at me on this record and makes me say THIS is a phenomenal and perfect Sylvian song, the way "Talheim" or "Fire in the Forest" does.

Finally, it's worth it for any fan to pursue and ponder. As for anyone else, I'm not so sure.

did anyone notice ?.......2006-10-14

for all the sylvian fans who reviewed: did anyone notice that on "a history of holes" that david sylvian wrote one of his best lyrics? the beats and the rhythm drop out temporarily and david sings: when i was a boy/and i made mistakes/i was humiliated/till i knew my place. snow borne sorrow is a very good album. it may require one to listen to it a few times and to remember that david has an adventurous spirit. there is a feeling of completeness when listening to a recording artist who shares with you what you want AND need.

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