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Vastly under known.
Vast is still amazing
Awesome CD
Brooding Darkness Meets Rococo Enlightenment
Sensory Overload

Visual Audio Sensory Theater
VAST
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000062QH
Release Date: 1998-04-28

Tracks:

Here
Touched
Dirty Hole
Pretty When You Cry
I'm Dying
Flames
Temptation
Three Doors
The Niles Edge
Somewhere Else To Be
Untitled Track #11
You

Customer Reviews:

Vastly under known........2007-05-13

This music is some of the best music I have heard in many years. I was watching a movie called Step into Liquid(a surfing flick), which is also excellent, and I heard a cut off this CD. I had to listen to more. I downloaded it from ITunes, and decided I need to get the CD. I would love it they released it in 5.1 surround. I highly recommend this CD and their other one Nude, you will not be disappointed.

Vast is still amazing.......2006-04-25

Especially now in 2006 I find this album even more amazing. Pick this album up if you like good music. Jon Crosby is an amazing singer and song writer. The music just moves you. It's truly great.

Awesome CD.......2006-03-26

This has to be his best work. It is unlike any music you'll hear. The only problem I have with VAST's music is that you don't hear it in the clubs or radio enough.

Brooding Darkness Meets Rococo Enlightenment.......2006-03-16

I first heard Vast when "Free" was on mainstream radio...probably circa 1999 or so. I figured the band to be a one-hit wonder and was pleasantly surprised to find two tracks -"Touch" and "Candle" -featured in Riding Giants, a surf documentary. I have since become a full fledged Vast fanatic and have bought both Naked as well as Visual Audio Sensory Theater CDs. Other reviewers have compared Vast to NIN but that merely demonstrates the utter cluelessness of the reviewer. Reznor couldn't ever hope to possess even one-tenth of the musical talents of Crosby in this life or any other for that matter. Vast is a hybrid between the vocals and dark poetry of Jim Morrison combined with the dark synth soul of Echo and the Bunnymen. This CD is the best music I have heard in a long time. The only other album I liked this much was Echo's "Heaven Up Here." Other fans of this genre might also enjoy hearing the music featured on the soundtracks to Step into Liquid and Riding Giants surf documentaries.

Sensory Overload.......2006-02-06

This is absolutely one of the best albums ever; Jon Crosby puts out an amazing first effort here in Visual Auditory Sensory Theater. The overall feel of this record is melancholic lyrics wrapped up in beautiful music; the string arrangements combined with NIN-ish musings and Crosby's gorgeous voice make for an extremely different record. The song "I'm Dying" displays an impressive gregorian monk chorus that fit the faith-questioning lyrics. "Dirty Hole" is also an interesting track; the slow pace at the beginning picks up and culminates when Crosby shouts, "How many men have died in your dirty hole?". Another amazing song is "Touched", a song that just defines so many relationships; it starts out brillantly with just an acoustic guitar and his voice. Overall this album is one of the most interesting records i have ever heard and it is the cd that made me a long-time VAST fan.

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Goth rock at it's finest.
VAST... buy this now!
Fascinating, brilliant, origional
contemporary classical music
Sensational! Oh yeah!

Visual Audio Sensory Theater
VAST
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000088TF
Release Date: 1999-04-27

Tracks:

Here
Touched
Dirty Hole
Pretty When You Cry
I'm Dying
Flames
Temptation
Three Doors
Niles Edge
Somewhere Else to Be
You

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Goth rock at it's finest........2000-07-09

A great mix of electronic, gothic, and hard rock. There are songs that rock(Here, Touched), and songs that are the expected of a goth band(Dirty hole, I'm Dieing). GO BUY NOW!

VAST... buy this now!.......2000-04-28

What an album, what a group. Vast is a hauntingly poetic 50 something minutes of aural pleasure. Very ambient, very dark, very ENIGMAtic. I agree with the previous reviewers that Vast sounds like a blend of NIN and Enigma, but to throw a spanner in the works, I was reminded of a 1990s Depeche Mode, particularly with the techno and electronic overtones. Go buy this album... NOW!

Fascinating, brilliant, origional.......2000-03-26

I heard the song Touched through a youth radio station and was immediately taken by it's power and haunting beauty. So when I walked into a cd store and saw it tucked away in the Alternative section, I thought id give it a listen. It was stated as a cross between ' the Prodigy and Enya', however in my opinion it is more like NIN and Enigma.

Boy, was I happy that i gave it a chance. This record is simply amazing, lyrically and musically. The darkness and gothic overtones appealed to me but there are so many fresh samples and ideas that is simply a 'must have' for any collection. Go get it!

contemporary classical music.......2000-01-08

I bought this due to a review in a normally mainstream minded magazine as they said that "it is probably the best goth album ever made" but I have to disagree as I dont think that it is particularly goth and could be one of the best albums made. If only it was as long as melloncollie and the infinite sadness

Sensational! Oh yeah!.......2000-01-05

The song, "Touched" is absolutely amazing. The seering voice of Vanessa Quinones resonates in my little mind long after I've finished listening to the recording. This is a definate, "must add" to any true music lovers collection.

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