The Mysterious Planet

1. Mysterious Planet

2. Battle Hymn of the Republic

3. Chant for Peace

4. Ailana's Dream

5. Whiter Than White

6. Spiral Staircase

7. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

The Mysterious Planet,Ailana,Hannibal,Contemporary Instrumental,Jazz,New Age,New Age / Meditation

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Is there a no stars rating??? Scathing Review:

Ailana: The Mysterious Planet
Charles Austin , Joe Gallivan , and John McMinn
Manufacturer: Hannibal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000061B
Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

Mysterious Planet
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Chant for Peace
Ailana's Dream
Whiter Than White
Spiral Staircase
Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Customer Reviews:

Is there a no stars rating??? Scathing Review:.......2003-11-11

Artist: Ailana

Album: The Mysterious Planet

Track 1: Mysterious Planet

It's starts off inocuosly enough, low-level wanna be jazz saxaphone ala the 80's. Then we get fakebook-style improv, which is worth a bit of a giggle. Overall nicely new-age in cheesy style.

Track 2: Battle Hymn of the Republic

AAAARGH!!! This singer is singing the way they think Jazz ought to be sung...except they can't sing worth a damn in the first place. Utter, mostly unintelligible garbage. The saxaphonist occaisonally plays over the vocalist, by random chance, or as an intentional cover-up, who knows. Horrid.

Track 3: Chant for Peace

Mystical crap that stays on the same chord for half the song. The melody sounds like it was yoinked from the Beatles after they smoked too much Opium (thank god they didn't get into that stuff.). Hopelessly repetetive and mindless. gets very very borring. Beatles afficianados have heard the weed album and the acid album, and if there had been an opium album...*shudder* this would've been it.

Track 4: Ailana's Dream

Started out with a promising chord progression, which quickly degenerated from playful 70's pop/jazz to one chord crap. Doesn't go much of anywhere. The flutist may have listened to Jethro as a child, but it didn't rub off. Crappy flute noodling abounds, folllowed by a confused saxaphone interlude. this guy sounds like he's just makin' some noise and hopin it fits. very canned, elevator style jazz. you would hear this at a sadistic dentist dentists office. bastards.

Track 5: Whiter than White

Now what's happening? back to el crap singer. this is unbearable. Oh my god, shut up! The vocorder goes in your mouth, not your nose. Is this a 14 year old girl or a 10 year old boy? who cares. either way they totally bombed the talent show. Insanely bad. They took everything their vocal teacher told them not to do and put it in this song...Vocal teacher??? who are we kidding? The only musical experience this person has had is being beaten by their parents with old Michael Jackson Albums...in the head. and what the hell is up with the mariachi style saxaphone opening and closing?

Track 6: The Spiral Staircase

More mysticism. 80's new age. At least this song has some contour to it...so far. I think we've reached the high point of the album folks! Sounds spacey, but actually manages to go somewhere! it's like intermission...*relief* However it still goes on way too long. Oh well, you can't have it all.

Track 7: Just A Closer Walk With Thee

Blah. totally bland, canned, crap. eugh. I have lost my will to live. The most blah semi-synth new age version of this song ever. The goal here seems to be to put the listener to sleep so they will only remember their listening experience as a bad, bad, dream.

The songs on this album go on for far too long without going anywhere. It sounds like they hit the demo button on the keyboard and wandered off into the great, new age yonder. Thank god this album only has 7 tracks.

The Mysterious Planet
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The Mysterious Planet
Ailana
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
General | New Age | Styles | Music
Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004TXRB

Tracks:

Mysterious Planet
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Chant for Peace
Ailana's Dream
Whiter Than White
Spiral Staircase
Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Album Description

Digitally remastered Japanese reissue & the CD debut of the'70s prog rockers' long lost second album. Seven tracks,including 'T2' and 'Highway (Test Track)'. 1998 Bellerelease.

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a little known gem

Peaceful Planet
Kourosh Zolani
Manufacturer: Kourosh Zolani
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

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General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00009YEVG
Release Date: 2003-02-14

Tracks:

Shabnam
Dandelions
Didar(At the First Glance)
My Childhood Dream
Victory
Snow Queen
Dreams Are Real
Butterflies
Good Bye Home Land
Peaceful Planet

Album Description

Kourosh's music brings you a great feast of Love, Peace and Passion. He has created a unique fusion of both the mysteries of the East and the power of the Western music. This soul music evokes incredible dreamy images and soothes mind and body.

Customer Reviews:

a little known gem.......2006-06-19

i first heard kourosh zolani while i was in college in bloomington indiana. a local station played a piece called 'butterflies'. i was imediately captivated by the sadness and joy captured at once in this piece. a strange combination, and a unique, beautiful composition. i spent years searching stores in seattle for it, to no avail. finaly i broke down and ordered it online. i don't mind the endearingly silly cd cover. is that why the picture isn't on amazon? clearly a low budget cd production, and not fair to the beautiful music this cd contains. tracks like 'good bye home land' and, 'snow queen' in particular, are downright haunting and mesmerizing. the tracks 'ghasedak-ha (dandelions)' and 'diadar (at the first glance) are striking and contain virtuso performances by the iranian born santour player. it's so hard to describe this music. if you're wondering, a santour is like a dulcimer. it's a solo instrumental cd. just him playing his santour. some tracks are jubilent, many are meloncholy. while the cd as a whole remains sparse, which is just what has haunted and grown on me, all tracks contain joy of life and music. do yourself a favor and at least check some tracks out at his website. kouroshzolani.com . if you at all love music. please. i doubt you'll regret it.