| 1. Sunburst |
| 2. Green Galliard |
| 3. Andecy |
| 4. Sunday Morning Overcast |
| 5. Muir Woods |
| 6. Rock Skippin' Creekside |
| 7. Perfect Sky |
| 8. Linus and Lucy |
| 9. Sunshine Rag |
| 10. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy |
| 11. Mysterious Barricades |
| 12. Reflections |
| 13. When You Wish upon a Star |
Perfect Sky,Andrew York,Artifex,Jazz,Pop
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Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky
Elis Manufacturer: Napalm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002ZXCYY Release Date: 2004-10-11 |
Tracks:
- Der Letzte Tag
- Anger
- Lost Soul
- Perfect Love
- Heart In Chains
- Die Zeit
- Black Angel
- Devil Inside You
- Rebirth
- Are You Missing Me
- Ballade
- Show Me Heaven (bonus track)
Album Description
Elis' debut album caused quite a commotion in 2003: God's Silence... was a triumphant, strategic advance that undoubtedly continues with the quintet's new opus, Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky. The CD displays superb, rich and varied Gothic Metal, with a heavy and occasional ballad-like edge. Altogether a deep and entertaining album - a new star in the "perfect sky".Customer Reviews:
VERY VERY GOOD CD.......2007-05-22
Are you missing me.......2006-07-13
One of my favorite goth metal bands who I think have never really been recognized is the german band Elis. I discovered Elis accidently in the back pages of Outburn magazine (when it was STILL cool). I immediately went out to purchase the band's 2nd album "Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky". There is a definite resemblence of Leaves' Eyes Liv Kristine in the voice of Sabine Duenser. Both women share that same delicate voice. The music is though a lot more aggressive IMO. The aggressive guitar riffs compliments Sabine's angelic vocals. A lot of that credit goes to producer Alexander Krull (Atrocity), Liv's husband. His production abilities are immaculate. His work on Elis' album as well as with his wife's albums are perfectly crisp and clean without being overly produced.
Some of the stand out tracks on "Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky" are the ballads. "Perfect Love" and "Ballade" has that perfect combination of melody and sorrow without losing out that aggressive edge. I absolutely love working out to the aggressive track "Anger" or if I lose my temper, I often crank up this song and start taking out my anger to this song. Elis's sound may not be terribly original but they certainly know how to keep the goth metal genre from becoming bland and predictable.
It deeply saddens me to note mention this news. The heavy metal scene has lost one of its own. Elis lead singer Sabine Duenser recently passed away not even a week ago due to a cerebal hemorrage. This young woman had shown a lot of promise and had a bright future. You were loved and will be forever missed. RIP Sabine :(.
Review.......2006-06-15
Following the path of bands like Lacuna Coil, Leaves' Eyes, Darkwell, Lacrimosa & The Gathering, ELIS is trying to find a place for themselves in the world of Gothic music, and with Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky, they succeeded in doing just that.
Let's start with the Album Cover Artwork. Vocalist Sabine Duenser says : "The picture with the butterfly is a symbol for the album title and so it is also a symbol for the message we want to give to the listener. There's this perfect butterfly, which is a picture of a real but dead butterfly- which is brutally speared on the sky. On the first look the picture just seems nice but when you have a closer look at it you see that it is not as nice as it seemed. The title Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky stands for the fact that in this world there exists nothing which is perfect. Everything, even when it seems to be perfect, has also a dark and ugly side. People only can be rich, because many people are poor. We like it when the sun shines but it has the power to burn everything. The nature can be very nice but on the other hand it can destroy lives with its power. So the title is a metaphor of our music, which also combines these dark and soft elements, and the lyrics which are about this contrast between good and bad. Also in a perfect sky there can appear dark clouds." [ from an interview with www.basementbar.com (Transcending the Mundane). ]
Upon first listen to Dark Clouds in A Perfect Sky, one may get the impression lead singer Sabine Duenser might be taking one too many nods from ex-Theatre of Tragedy vocalist and current Leaves' Eyes frontwoman, Liv Kristine. When you realize Liv Kristine is also the wife of Elis producer and manager Alexander Krull, the comparison might make a little more sense.
This is not really the case, though both vocalists do share similarities in their approach. They both can, and will pull out a booming soprano when needed or lull you into a mid-tempo trance.
There are 3 tracks in the band's native language, German : Der Letzte Tag (the last day) / Ballade (ballad) / Die Zeit (it's time). The other songs are Anger / Lost Soul / Heart in Chains / Perfect Love / Black Angel / Devil Inside You / Rebirth / Are You Missing Me / Show Me Heaven (Bonus Cut on Digipak Release)..Emotions range fom anger (guess which song that focuses on... ) , to love (Perfect Love) , to something we all have tendency to do, thinking too much (Are You Missing Me).
Der Letzte Tag , the album opener is bombastic with even an epic solo from Pete Streit near the conclusion. It's just how an opening track should be. Bassist Tom Saxer is featured on a couple of songs, where his extremely capable growl lends itself to the subject matter ("Lost Soul", "Heart in Chains", "Are You Missing Me").
All in all , this was an amazing listening experience. I enjoyed each & every song. However, I found myself trailing back to Black Angel , Show me Heaven , and Perfect Love..repeating them again & again...
Overall rating of the Album : 9/10
I like it.......2006-06-11
Now, I'll admit, I'd be the first to say that if you're just getting into this kind of music, you should probably listen to Nightwish, Leaves' Eyes, Within Temptation first. Maybe Lacuna Coil too, I don't own any of them but enough people seem to like them. But if you really like this style of goth metal then this is a very good cd. Read what the official Amazon reviewer said, listen to the samples, and see for yourself.
I like it a great deal more than, say, Epica or After Forever, for example....
Hopefully the future is kind to Elis.......2006-01-26
I discovered Elis completely by accident. I only bought this CD because I knew it was a female fronted the band and I thought the title of the CD was intriguing, luckily I didn't expect much on first listen. Sabine doesn't have the strongest voice you'll ever hear, she pretty much has the same vocal pattern for each song actually and the death growls, while good, don't fit at all. So a lot of the time it's the band pulling most of the weight.
My big issue with Dark Clouds In A Perfect Sky is that the songs don't have much variety. In fact, the only song that really stands apart from the others to me is Devil Inside You. I think every other song tries much too hard to be groundbreaking. Take Heart In Chains, there are some very good parts in the track, but the death metal growls and some of Sabine's vocals kind of ruin it. The closing song, Ballade, despite being performed completely in a foreign language, is the other strong track. It seems simplicity is key to this band making good music. Devil Inside You is pretty intricate, but I just think Elis shines on ballad-type songs.
My two favorite songs are Devil Inside You and Ballade. There's so much potential in this CD, but it doesn't seem Elis tried to capture it and use it to their advantage. If they want to be compared to a band as truly amazing as Nightwish, then they better step their game way up.
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Perfect Sky
Manufacturer: Gsp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003WFM Release Date: 2000-09-12 |
Tracks:
- Sunburst
- Green Galliard
- Andecy
- Sunday Morning Overcast
- Muir Woods
- Rock Skippin' Creekside
- Perfect Sky
- Linus & Lucy
- Sunshine Rag
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
- Mysterious Barricades
- Reflections
- When You Wish Upon A Star
Customer Reviews:
York is one of the wonderful modern guitarists........2004-04-30
In a CD, I chanced to listen to Sunburrst, I was tempted with the high tempo sounds and blight melody and unique bass topping.
But in addition to such songs, he can write slow ballade songs too. The ballade is good too.
But in Japan, his guitar score peace is a little high price. If it have possible, I wish that the publishers make song books.
Anyway, A.York is a new age revolutional gutarist that blow new fresh wind to classical guitar genle.
Thank you for reading poor English.
One Guitarist's Tour de Force.......2004-01-09
Nine of the thirteen compositions on this CD are original to York. While they have a New Age sound to them, carefull listening shows that the technical work behind his clean melodies sets him well apart from standard fare. Spend some time listening to the neck work on Andecy or the counterpoint in Green Galliard and you will see what I mean. Each piece has special moments of brilliance, but what stands out for me is Yorks strong sense of melody, which never seems to desert him. Two of my favorites are Perfect Sky and Muir Woods, two experiments in the use of jazzy chord progessions.
York's arrangement of Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy is a pure whirlwind of technical work. Every time I hear the harmonic arpeggio's I get exceedingly jealous - these require a level of precision that is totally out of my fumble fingered league. But this entire piece is pure showing off, a perfect demonstration of a master guitarist for who style is a choice, not a constraint. Then there is the complete believability of the Nutcracker ballet piece and the hysterical complexity of Couperin's Les Barricades Misterieuses.
And the list goes on and on. There is literally no mischosen or misplayed work on this album. Something to marvel at in an age which has become sadly accepting of shoddy corners. York has other albums that demonstrate his classical side (and let's not forget his and Tennant's membership in the Los Angeles Guitar Quartett) but Perfect Sky is the album if you are looking for a deeper look into Andrew York as a musican. Highly recommended.
NOTE: York CD on new label, GSP.......1999-07-05
York Approaches Perfection.......1998-11-20
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Perfect Sky
Andrew York Manufacturer: Artifex Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000008CMV Release Date: 1995-04-16 |
Tracks:
- Sunburst
- Green Galliard
- Andecy
- Sunday Morning Overcast
- Muir Woods
- Rock Skippin' Creekside
- Perfect Sky
- Linus and Lucy
- Sunshine Rag
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Mysterious Barricades
- Reflections
- When You Wish upon a Star
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Classical Jazz Virtuoso.......2002-09-07
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Music for a Bright Moon Sky
Andy Mac Manufacturer: Stay Clean Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000A3SXLK Release Date: 2005-06-05 |
Tracks:
- She Falls Away
- Rather Be Alone
- An Afterthought
- How am I to Know?
- Good Day
- Sara with no "h"
- Best Believe
- Go
- Small Everything
- Stars
Product Description
"Music for a Bright Moon Sky" is the debut album from singer/songwriter Andy Mac. Always ready to mellow, Mac delivers a perfect playlist for the ride home with this "happy to be sad" album.Customer Reviews:
Guy with a Guitar.......2005-12-12
Give the music a try, it'll set your toes a-tapping and erase any shyness you have about singing along.
great Eagles type cd!.......2005-12-08
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Phos Hilaron
Paul Avgerinos Manufacturer: Round Sky Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00099XGPI Release Date: 2005-05-01 |
Tracks:
- Humbly I adore Thee
- O Sons and Daughters
- Call to Prayer
- Phos Hilaron
- Anoint and Cheer
- Song of Gladness
- Kyrie
- Oneness
- The Mystery Telling
- O Heavenly Word
Product Description
Produced by the Grammy Nominated artist Paul Avgerinos, Phos Hilaron ( foss hill-a-ron ) is a deeply devotional ambient soundscape setting ancient Sacred Hymns sung in English within a tasteful modern accompaniment . The title hymn, Phos Hilaron , dates back to the first century .Customer Reviews:
Old Meets New!?.......2006-02-01
The thinking man's new age.......2005-08-02
Music to feed your soul.......2005-08-01
Although based on a very early Christian hymn, this music transcends those roots to speak to all people of all spiritual paths.
Paul does it again! .......2005-07-16
Jon Nipp - www.Spirit-Within-New-Age-Radio.com.......2005-07-04
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Words Touch
Paul Avgerinos Manufacturer: Round Sky Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005UKCD Release Date: 2001-11-21 |
Tracks:
- Heaven Sings
- Song Without End
- Always With You
- Words Touch
- Floating Clouds
- Weightless You Are
- Empress
- In My Heart
Album Description
Words Touch, is a subtle and delicate tapestry of gentle melodies and exquisite sound design . Featuring the soaring EWI ( Electronic Wind Instrument ) of Kevin Fortune Braheny , The masterful guitar of Brian Keane , the unique guitar work of Jeff Pearce and Cello of David Darling , Words Touch is perfect for Massage , Meditation , Relaxation and Contemplation .The album has a steady, even and deep flow , designed to nurture profound states of consciousness . It is truly good for Body , Mind and Soul .
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Picture Perfect
Sky Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00009II45 Release Date: 2003-05-26 |
Tracks:
- Dedication
- Invisible Life
- Crazy
- Indiana Jones
- Dreamin' of You
- So Cruel
- I Like I Like
- Slide
- Drop
- Live a Lie
- 15 Minutes of Fame
- Picture Perfect
- Dedication [Version Franse]
Album Description
2003 album from Canadian pop duo. The album features a hidden track, number 13, the French-language version of 'Dedication'. Copy Controlled. Sextant Records.Customer Reviews:
Third Time The Charm?.......2004-08-06
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A Perfect Sky
Bonnie Pink Manufacturer: Wea/Warner ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000FPX14M Release Date: 2006-07-10 |
Tracks:
- Perfect Sky
- Free
- Interlude -Siesta-
- Perfect Sky (Instrumental)
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The Sky Party
Fred Drake Manufacturer: Cholla Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006L5P30 Release Date: 2004-11-23 |
Tracks:
- Goodnight, I Love You
- Moon Prayer
- Got Me
- Gazoo Overture
- Sundog and I
- Breakfast in Santa Barbara
- Now and Forever
- Cloudy
- Full Moon For Freddy
- Ascent of the Moon Fish
- Emmeline
- Theme
Customer Reviews:
A beautiful farewell to Fred.......2004-12-01
I know you'll enjoy it.
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Cows in the Sky
Manufacturer: Street Meeting Producers Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAGNZO Release Date: 2003-02-11 |
Meditation Music:
- Pianoforte Opus 2
- Pilgrim Heart
- Power Workout: High NRG Megamix, Vol. 2
- Reading of a Sacred Book, Vol. 2, Piano Music Of...
- Recombination [CD-single]
- Reflections
- Sacred Road
- San
- Seasons of the Witch
- Serenity
Meditation Music
Girls in the Club [Explicit Lyrics]
Having a Rave Up [Special Edition]
link-web.net Track Listings: 21 Hungarian Dances
newreleasebooks.com Music: 14/6/00 - Paegas Arena, Praha, Czech Republic [Live]