Dense [Import]

Product Description
New Dance Album from 70's French Pop Diva Sheila.

Dense,Sheila,EMI,World Music

Average customer rating: Okay but not great Fabulous Eno.... Remastering errors Difficult, undeveloped ideas. Another Mastering Screw-up

Music for Films Brian Eno Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: More Music for Films Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks Discreet Music Ambient 1: Music for Airports Ambient 4: On Land ASIN: B0007GFFVQ Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. Aragon
2. From The Same Hill
3. Inland Sea
4. Two Rapid Formations
5. Slow Water
6. Sparrowfall (I)
7. Sparrowfall (II)
8. Sparrowfall (III)
9. Alternative 3
10. Quartz
11. Events In Dense Fog
12. 'There Is Nobody'
13. Patrolling Wire Borders
14. A Measured Room
15. Task Force
16. M386
17. Strange Light
18. Final Sunset

Customer Reviews:

Okay but not great.......2007-05-05

I am a big fan of Brian Eno's early abstract work. I like the way he took simple ideas and explored them until they became transformed into something completely different. For example, on "Music for Airports" he recorded women singing single notes, made tape loops of varying lengths from those recordings and let them circulate until many different combinations of notes and silences emerged. The result was beautiful and other-worldly. So, when Eno recorded an album of "soundtrack material" (for non-existant films) it seemed that he had stumbled onto a great outlet for his music. Instead, this is a collection of pieces that sound like floor sweepings from the "Another Green World" sessions. The pieces are short and often sound like passing thoughts that never developed into anything of substance. There are some nice moments on this recording, including some great bass parts and guest appearences by people like Robert Fripp but overall this is one of the weakest of Eno's early recordings.

Fabulous Eno...........2005-08-01

This isnt really an ambient recording...it was done before "ambient music"...very ethereal pieces...love it. Its a great recording if it doesnt go over your head.

Remastering errors.......2005-07-05

Does anyone have the final word on the degree to which Astralwerks (sic) have screwed up these Eno 'remasters'?

'Another Green World' has the first bars of 'Everything merges with the night' missing, 'Climate Study' is missing from 'More Music For Films, and someone below states that the intro to
'Quartz' on this album is also truncated. Are Astralwerks just a bunch of amateurs or something? Eno must be well pleased with this mess..

Difficult, undeveloped ideas........2005-06-14

A collection of 18 pieces, some intended for specific films, some evidentally not, Eno's "Music For Films" is one of his most difficult ambient records. The music contained within this disc is moody and cinematic, but its also fractured. With most the tracks less than two minutes long, ideas often do not get the chance to develop to their fullness ("Aragon", "Alternative 3").

Having stated that, there is some fanastic material on here ("From the Same Hill" with some great guitar/synth interplay, the Frippertronics piece "Slow Water", edgy and bizarre "Quartz") that makes it worth seeking out for fans of Eno. For the more curious, try "Discreet Music", "Music for Airports", or "No Pussyfooting" (Fripp & Eno) for a better introduction.

Another Mastering Screw-up.......2005-06-02

The music here rates 5 stars, but be warned: the opening sustained note at the beginning of track 10 (Quartz) starts late, cutting off about half of the note. If that's not important to you, order away.

Average customer rating: Super music AWESOME ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!! buy it for frijolero Enjoyable more if you understand the lyrics Molotov Hits Back

Dance and Dense Denso Molotov Manufacturer: Universal Latino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas? Con Todo Respeto Apocalypshit Molomix Artilleria Pesada, Presenta ASIN: B00008BRCY Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Dance And Dense Denso
2. Here We Kum
3. Changuich A La Chichona (Sic)
4. No Me Da Mi Navidad (Punketon)
5. Noko
6. Frijolero
7. E. Charles White
8. Queremos Pastel
9. I'm The One
10. Nostradamus Mucho (Que Se Caiga El Teatro)
11. Hit Me (Gimme Tha Power II)

Customer Reviews:

Super music.......2007-01-18

political, danceable! First heard this in Turkey and then saw the video on LINKTV. Great music

AWESOME ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-21

THIS ALBUM IS PROBALY ONE OF THE BEST RELEASES OF THE YEAR 2003.WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS ALBUM I WAS BLOWN AWAY. FRIJOLERO IS DEFINATELY THE BEST SONG.THE LYRICS ARE TIGHT AND EVEN HUMOROUS.THIS ALBUM GETS 5 STARS.

buy it for frijolero.......2005-09-21

I don't much care for most of the cd, but that one song frijolero makes it worth buying. A hilarious banter for the bilingual among us it is funny as can be, yet makes a serious commentary on US/Mexico relations. I first heard it on a friends MP3, and had spent a few months searching for that one song. Definitely 5 stars.

Enjoyable more if you understand the lyrics.......2004-04-30

I heard a past ignorant review about "lacking of lyrical content" specially on E. Charles White. It is hard to judge something that you simply don't understand because you don't speak spanish (mexican).
What seems to be a list of random names to the dumb ear, happens to be an interesting display of "double meaning" phrases with usually strong sexual content. If you have a Mexican friend, he will gladly explain you the whole disk. I can not write them here due to the nature of the explicit words that have to be used in the explanation of this song.

As this song, the whole discs is usually not understood or misunderstood. So buy it and judge it intelligently having fun in the process.

Molotov Hits Back.......2003-10-22

Since the beginning molotov has developed an unique style, and now with this album, consolidated as the best band in mexico, social critics, clever rhymes,sticky riddim it's what you get....

Average customer rating: What Are You Waiting For? Buy This CD, and Spread the Word Heard "Big Dumb Town", Got "BLACK DIAMONDS" ALL tracks great Ridgway Press Clips

Black Diamond Stan Ridgway Manufacturer: Birdcage Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Snakebite:Blacktop Ballads and Fugitive Songs Partyball Barbeque Babylon Anatomy Work the Dumb Oracle ASIN: B000003RDU Release Date: 1995-12-01

Tracks:

1. Big Dumb Town
2. Gone The Distance
3. Knife and Fork
4. Down The Coast Hwy
5. Luther Played Guitar
6. Stranded
7. Wild Bill Donovan
8. Man Of Stone
9. Pink Parakeet
10. Underneath The Big Green Tree
11. As I Went Out One Morning
12. Crystal Palace

Amazon.com

Stan Ridgway is the music world's version of a character actor. With his barker's phrasing and sardonic demeanor, he's like the instantly identifiable second banana who brightens the screen for a few minutes before the leading man steps back to the fore. Of course, Ridgway has the same predicament as any good character actor: he's typecast. They remember that yapping voice from his early '80s Wall of Voodoo hits "Mexican Radio" and "Ring of Fire," and it's such a distinctive instrument that his identity has been frozen in time. Black Diamond is Ridgway's conscious effort to stretch out and break ties with his history. A low-budget affair, it finds the Southern California singer stripping down to spare guitar, keyboards, and percussion, in the process placing greater emphasis on his songs. Certainly "Luther Played Guitar" and "Wild Bill Donovan" don't fit with Ridgway's new wave past. The former finds the singer inhabiting the mind of Johnny Cash as he wistfully recalls his early sideman Luther Perkins. The latter is a one-part Warren Zevon tirade, one-part Bob Dylan folk ballad chronicling the exploits of one of America's seminal spies. Speaking of Dylan, Ridgway revives "As I Went Out One Morning" from John Wesley Harding, giving a refined reading to an intriguingly cryptic but seldom-covered song. "Gone the Distance" is yet another Kurt Cobain elegy. The kind of album that slips through the cracks, Black Diamond nevertheless indicates Ridgway's best work may yet lie ahead, even if he may be destined to be the rock & roll Warren Oates. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

What Are You Waiting For? Buy This CD, and Spread the Word.......2003-03-05

Stan Ridgway is one of those "special" artists -- you know, the ones nobody's quite sure they've heard of, but people familiar with him just kind of wink, saying: I've been there.

SR is film, he's music, he's literature, he's Johnny Cash and Rod Serling and Ennio Morricone and all sorts of other things all rolled into one. If Harry Dean Stanton wrote tunes, he'd be Stan Ridgway. If L.A. Confidential were a person, he'd be Stan Ridgway.

Every album Stan's done is the best album he's ever done. They're addictive, they're good driving music, and some stuff, particularly on this CD and on the Drywall: Work the Dumb Oracle CD, will make you feel just a little uncomfortable to be living in this day and age.

Underneath it all, Stan is a stunningly original talent. This is a fantastic CD.

Okay? Buy it. Just buy it. If you don't like it, who knows? Maybe you're not living on the right planet (or maybe you are, and you just don't know it yet).

Heard "Big Dumb Town", Got "BLACK DIAMONDS" ALL tracks great.......1999-11-07

My first exposure to Stan Ridgway was hearing "Big Dumb Town" on a local station, it reminded me of a friend of mine.Had to have the song, Now, how many times have you got a CD because you heard one song and you don't care for the rest of the tracks? Not so with "BLACK DIAMONDS". What a pleasant surprize,every song is great! The only CD I have that no programing is nesessary, just run as is, that is if you can stay off the repeat button! Sincerly, every track is a favorite now."Knife and Fork" is very popular with the ladies.Everyone I've shared "BLACK DIAMONDS with is all like "Stuck to you like crazy glue".

Ridgway Press Clips.......1999-10-11

Some things people have said about Stan Ridgway....

"Stan Ridgway is equal parts Raymond Chandler and John Huston, Rod Serling and Johnny Cash. Haunted by America's pulp serial past, Ridgway has become his own wireless theater, with a cast of thousands at his fingertips and a wealth of tales in his head. A rare and famous talent." - The Face

"Some know him just as the long lost singer with the great Wall of Voodoo, others as one of the great unsung maverick geniuses of our time." - Melody Maker

"More noises from America's lost frontier. His songs tell stories that unfold gradually and trade in old fashioned narrative devices like character and suspense. Its a move at once conservative and daring - but, best of all, it works." - Rolling Stone

"Filtered through his sardonically insightful wit, Ridgway's songs become engaging not only for the details he includes, but the ones he chooses not to expose as well." The Austin Chronicle

"This is mature music, short on sentimentality, long on imagination and style. " - People Magazine

Average customer rating: Poor Audio Quality Heroic battle!

La Battaglia Di Legnano Verdi , Corelli , Bastianini , Stella , and Gavazzeni Manufacturer: Opera D'oro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006JKFT Release Date: 2002-10-01

Customer Reviews:

Poor Audio Quality.......2006-08-17

I ordered this CD after hearing a broadcast of a live performance of the same opera. I was very disappointed to find that this particular recording is of a 1961 performance that seems not to have benefited from modern audio reprocessing. Instead, it sounds like one is listening to a far-away low-quality AM radio. Too bad because current technology makes it possible to do a much better job of restoring earlier materials.

Heroic battle!.......2006-05-10

With such strong Verdi voices in their prime it's no surprise the result is magnificent. I was especially impressed by Stella who on other recordings sounds rather matronly. As Lida her tone is more forward and the top is in pristine condition producing many exciting moments. Corelli is his usual heroic self displaying all the qualities that made him one of the most popular tenors of the 50s and 60s. My favourite performance however came from Bastianini who sounds more involved than usual and makes a strong yet thoughtful Rolando. The opera has many beautiful duets with these three and especially with the tenor and baritone and it was fantastic to hear them sing their hearts out. Maionica and the young Ferrin do justice to their minor parts and with the great Gavazzeni at the pit, this 1961 performance is easily recommended as a live alternative to the more romantic Philips recording.

Average customer rating: Another Excellent Release from Cathal Coughlan! Give this man a budget Brilliant solo CD from one of Irelands greatest singers

The Sky's Awful Blue Manufacturer: Stop, Pop, and Roll ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Black River Falls Viva Dead Ponies Lost in the Former West ASIN: B00008CM64 Release Date: 2003-01-24

Tracks:

1. And Springtime Followed Summer
2. Denial of the Right to Dream
3. Three Rusty Reivers
4. Goodbye Sadness
5. Toxic Mother
6. The Last of Eternity
7. You Turned Me
8. Amused As Hell
9. Pawnshop Riches
10. White's Academy
11. A Drunken Hangman
12. Now Westlin Winds
13. Amused As Hell (video)

Album Description

Cathal Coughlan, as in his early-1990's outfit Fatima Mansions (and before that in Microdisney), remains a master of wordplay and a confirmed cynic destined to reveal society's ills.

This time around, on his third solo album, the Irishman has matched his words and remarkable voice with a sparse treatment of strummed guitars and brushed drums. The mood is often eerie, but plain and effective.

On The Sky's Awful Blue, the songs' styles vary from the sprightly boneyard travelogue "Denial Of The Right To Dream" to the 80's anti-nostalgia of "Goodbye Sadness" (which shifts uneasily between the atmosphere at a scrapyard concert and the feverish cocaine visions of a wayward TV personality, all set to a wistful jazz waltz). The camp drama of "You Turned Me," with a lone clarinet highlighting a lush orchestration, begs to be set to film. Especially with the lyric, "You turned me/So it's the Nobel Prize for you/Now you're looking so stately, pious yet shapely/Parading down the avenue." But then again, with lyrics that vivid, film would almost be redundant. In the grim denouement of "A Drunken Hangman" a failed executor of the State's judicial will glimpses a salvation which will never be his, years after true reform has ceased to be a realistic possibility for him. Simple piano and strings give way to dissonant guitars as the lyrics underpin the hangman's grim situation, "My clients did not know me long, in wooden rooms stood trembling/The final one I barely touched, for I was barely standing/And in the boarding houses since/I toast my age with lemonade/Recent memories are few/There's just a single fragment of one day." This tragic irony makes for one of the album's most haunting songs.

Customer Reviews:

Another Excellent Release from Cathal Coughlan!.......2003-10-23

I've been following Mr. Coughlan's career ever since the Fatima Mansion's release of Viva Dead Ponies, which I consider one of the best recordings of the nineties, with it's ranging styles from sad to angry to humorous etc. What strikes me more astutely than his vocal style and sound, are the lyrics he writes (check out track #8 Amused as Hell, a very cynical view on consumer culture). I don't think any other performer captures the current world we're living in better than Coughlan. These songs reveal some of the uglier side of living in the modern world. Musically, this is bit of a departure from his previouse work, but if you've heard his previous releases (Grand Necropolitan & Black River Falls), you can see how his musical style has evolved to a more sparse sound. Whether this is due to budgets or personal choices, I'm unsure. Most songs seem to be skeletal acousitic guitar/vocal tracks layered with various stringed intrustments, electronic sounds and background vocals. There's a certain aloofness to it, but you're also drawn in emotionally to many of the sad tales told in a narrative style. Take a listen to the samples and check out his Web site www.cathalcouglin.com, which includes his first solo release Grand Necropolitan downloadable for free! I think after listening to that, if you're so inclined, you will want to check out (and hopefully buy) this most current release. This guy needs to be better known! Keep putting out the great records Cathal! Viva dead ponies!

Give this man a budget.......2003-05-16

Not as strong as his previous "Black River Falls", which was Coughlan's strongest work since 1985's "The Clock Comes Down the Stairs" with Microdisney, nevertheless this is a fine record, with Coughlan's voice sounding better than ever (if that were possible). The arrangements leave a little to be desired for me. I just wish that someone would have the decency to give this man a budget to record with, as he is certainly one of the most interesting artists at work today.

Brilliant solo CD from one of Irelands greatest singers.......2003-02-13

Where to begin. First off, Cathal Coughlan is a genius, dating all the way back to his work with Microdisney, then with the Fatima Mansions ('Blues for Ceaucescu' was one of the finest singles of the 90s), and now finally his solo 'career' (unfortunately I must use that term loosely).

Secondly thanks to Aaron Tap for finally getting this CD a US release. Hopefully if enough of you buy the CD we might get a small US tour.

Onto the album. Well, its a brilliant piece of work and was right up there with my favorite albums of 2002. It practically oozes world weariness and cynicism, while managing to avoid sounding defeatist.

While every song on the album is quality, highlights for me are 'You Turned Me'with the great chorus "You turned me/So it's the Nobel Prize for you/Now you're looking so stately, pious yet shapely/Parading down the avenue." Amused as Hell is also brilliant, possibly one of his more vitriolic songs in a number of years. Denial of the Right to Dream, The Drunken Hangman - they're all good.

If you're not sure whether you'll like the album, I would recommened it for anyone who likes Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Tindersticks, PJ Harvey and the like. PLEASE BUY IT!!! This is a talent that needs to be heard.

Average customer rating:

Dance and Dense Denso Molotov Manufacturer: Universal Latino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music International Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas? ASIN: B0000BWVNS Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Dance And Dense Denso
2. Here We Kum
3. Changuich A La Chichona
4. No Me Da Mi Navidad (Punketon)
5. Noko
6. Frijolero
7. E. Charles White
8. Queremos Pastel
9. I'm The One
10. Nostradamus Muscho (Que Se Caiga El Teatro)
11. Hit Me (Gimme Tha Power II)

Average customer rating:

Dense Music Whirlpool Productions Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000B1YJ Release Date: 1996-09-13

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Ja
3. Dense Music
4. International Cigarette
5. Cold Song
6. Gehende Katzen
7. One Two
8. From:Disco To:Disco
9. I Just Don't Know
10. In The Night
11. Our Body
12. Cold Song (Akustik Versio

Average customer rating: Igloomag.com REVIEW ::

Bovine Rearrangement Ilkae Manufacturer: Merck Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms ASIN: B000639WMS Release Date: 2004-11-16

Customer Reviews:

Igloomag.com REVIEW ::.......2005-12-20

REVIEW BY: Mark Teppo at [...]
(02.21.05) Soaring ambient opening notwithstanding, Bidnezz hiccups and stutters like it is the performance art piece for the Dance of the Misfit Toys. With twenty-two tracks that take anywhere from less than thirty seconds to more than five minutes to present their broken toy choreography, Bidnezz hums with the chaotic spasms of fractured hip-hop. Imagine Dr. Dre bringing in Oval to do final tweaking of the latest West Coast blunt tracks.

Vibraphone and drum kit perform a loungesque soft shoe in "Wallis & Futuna (remix of Steve & Rob)" while digital processes slice and drop the duet into a hiccuping instrumental. The gentle mood of "Dog Actually (remix of Mic Mell)" is shattered by a rupturing of sonic walls, a breakthrough that allows surges of scrambled vinyl noises to fill the room. The vocal line of "Hollis (remix of Cinelux)" is heavily sliced, the simple lyrics turned into stuttering gasps of broken words. "Disa Bling" hops and churns around a sliver of voice, a cut-up sample that is folded back on itself a few hundred times until it becomes barely recognizable as having been born from an organic source. "$$legs" is an R & B piano melody that is caught in a static snare and, as it struggles to break free, it distorts and breaks up, becoming a fragmentary ghost of its full-bodied self.

Some of the interstitial pieces -- the short bursts of sound that live and die in less than a minute -- are transitional efforts, burps of scattered collages in "Babbling" and "Worldcomin" that erupt like a fast-forward moment on an old tape deck. Others like "Hipsteos" cross your radar like moments of clarity on the radio dial where you interrupt some strange Caribbean transmission already in progress. As individual tracks, they don't last long enough to sustain any life of their own but, when taken in tandem with their adjacent tracks, these small transitional pieces add to the overall texture of Bidnezz: the strange and fragmentary soundtrack for a kingdom of damaged wind-up toys. Travis Stewart makes songs and then cracks them open, curious as to their internal workings. The resulting pieces are patchwork creations with gaps and holes in the integrity of their melodies, leaving room for the exposed tick-tock of their clockwork mechanisms.

Average customer rating: Pleasant Grove= Very Impressive yet another beautiful painting a quiet cd that will grow for you

The Art of Leaving Pleasant Grove Manufacturer: Badman Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pleasant Grove ASIN: B00023ELM8 Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

1. Claborate Son
2. Impossible
3. Tug Of War (Twenty Arms)
4. Every Heart Is A Meal
5. Only A Mountain
6. The Plaque At 16ft
7. We Made Our Way
8. Cone Equation
9. Calculated Approaches
10. Commander Whatever

Customer Reviews:

Pleasant Grove= Very Impressive.......2004-11-25

When i first listened to a couple of songs by this band, i didn't know whether or not i liked them very much. They were fairly decent songs, but after i had listened to each song on the cd, i realized i was dead wrong. I guess i was just listening to the wrong few songs, that were more meant to tie into the cd as a whole then strike out as an amazing single. All the other songs though, they are absolutely incredible. I was very impressed by the talent this band has, and they have a lot of potential to be great. If you are thinking about getting this album, don't think for more then 10 seconds, just buy it.

yet another beautiful painting .......2004-11-13

by a beautiful band. if you don't have their album "auscultation of the heart" (hard to find, nowadays) and you happen to run across one, do not hesitate.

"tug of war" is the best song of 2004.
"only a mountain" was the best song of 2003.
"calculated approaches" and "commander whatever" are amazing pieces of work.

people just don't write songs like this band does. don't let the quiet charm fool you. this band rocks very hard, with an intensity that just grabs you and swallows you up.

http://www.pleasantgrovemusic.com

a quiet cd that will grow for you.......2004-08-09

Pleasant Grove feels like a band that is playing each song for you in your own room. The music is quiet and reflective in many cases, but has an intimacy and depth that become apparent after several listenings. Some of the songs have a more traditional pop feel(elaborate son, tug of war), but many of the rest feel initially like the band has slowed things down more than they should. However, after learning all the songs, they become rich with the layered electric guitars and quietly sung vocals, and you will find yourself singing along to them all.

Average customer rating: Haikus for Eno After "Music For Airports" this was a letdown Soft, Soothing and a great instrumental artistry 18 Technicolor Worlds Eno's Dramatic Ambience

Music for Films Manufacturer: Editions Eg Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ambient 1: Music for Airports Ambient 4: On Land Ambient 3: Day of Radiance Discreet Music Discreet Music ASIN: B000003S28 Release Date: 1990-08-31

Tracks:

1. Aragon
2. From The Same Hill
3. Inland Sea
4. Two Rapid Formations
5. Slow Water
6. Sparrowfall (1)
7. Sparrowfall (2)
8. Sparrowfall (3)
9. Alternative 3
10. Quartz
11. Events In Dense Fog
12. There Is Nobody
13. Patrolling Wire Borders
14. A Measured Room
15. Task Force
16. M386
17. Strange Light
18. Final Sunset

Customer Reviews:

Haikus for Eno.......2005-12-08

Haikus for Eno

1. Aragon

Climbing the far hill
Away from the city's noise
Faithful Orion

2. From the Same Hill

I am a friend who
Never calls who just stays home
Dreaming of mountains

3. Inland Sea

My soul follows the
Current of the river north
North that has no end

4. Two Rapid Formations

Day in and day out
The colors of the day smile
At me and I frown

5. Slow Water

Someone takes my hand
The edge of happiness feels
Just like tomorrow

6. Sparrowfall (1)

The night is warm while
My neighbor builds his house of
Moonlight spider silk

7. Sparrowfall (2)

The neighborhood wakes
And the colors of the day
Knock on every door

8. Sparrowfall (3)

The couple upstairs
Passionate and untiring
The windows open

9. Alternative 3

The desert sky is
Icy and clear demanding
A response from me

10. Quartz

Fog moves in offshore
And enters my mind as sound
There's no place to hide

11. Events in Dense Fog

Morning is here as
Sadness comes to the city
And dreamers still sleep

12. 'There Is Nobody'

Astronomers peer
Nomads smile and beauty
Waits for all of us

13. Patrolling Wire Borders

I consider those
Whose only blanket is a
Sidewalk in winter

14. Measured Room

Love is all around
It's just across that street where
Everybody lives

15. Task Force

My only window
Faces west and needs washing
This explains a lot

16. M386

The Pleiades hang
And sparkle, memories fall
Bright and hard and cold

17. Strange Light

My heart has put up
A sign - "For Sale by Owner"
It's move-in ready!

18. Final Sunset

Where the light is warm
And soft, where the freezing nights
Never end-but where?

After "Music For Airports" this was a letdown.......2004-09-02

My First 2 Eno albums were "Plateux Of Mirror 2 (Harold Budd)" and "Music For Airports". Both of which have become soundtracks of my life. Actually one of my favorite songs is "Not Yet Remembered". It has been with me through so much, and I still listen to it and get a whole range of emotions. I even purchased Harold Budd albums as a spinoff from this album.
I actually heard "Music For Airports" as background music in the movie "Nine and 1/2 Weeks", looked it up in the film credits, and ran out to buy that album, which I also love and still listen to. I decided to explore more of Brian Eno, as I desired new songs and new experiences. So, my 3rd Eno album is "Music For Films". I am not at all impressed , yet. I realize it was recorded in 1978, but some of the songs sound so cheap, like a casio tone keyboard. Or remind me of music from the "Dawn Of The Dead" film. The spacy noises sound too seventies. All I am saying is that it sounds dated. I am sure it will grow on me, and perhaps this review is premature, but I don't see this album being a "staple" in my life as the other 2 have been. This album isn't so much musical, I wouldn't even call the tracks "songs",it can be described more as "sound effects".
Yet, I am not giving up, I am going to buy buy more Eno albums. I am sure there is another gem out there.

Soft, Soothing and a great instrumental artistry.......2004-04-01

I really enjoyed listening to all of this entire album,this was my second "Brian Eno" purchase, the other being "Ambient 1/Music for Airports" which I bought a few years ago.
I'VE BEEN A FAN OF Brian Eno's ever since I listened to both Bowie's"Low and Heroes" album and watching the documentary film of the making of U2'S "Unforgetable Fire" album 1984.
I think this album is a continuation of his work from "Roxy Music" in the 1970's and from his album "Another Green World" in 1974.
I feel that the reviewer who described this recording that "Brian presents 18 portholes into 18 different worlds that range from ethereal to downright eerie" was extreamly accurate and best suited to this ambient music.
I wasn't fustrated as some people were with the length of the tracks, he did follow through with what he intended to do with his music and I was fulfilled with listening to this disc, I didn't feel like I wanted more,It was very satisfying.
The Liner notes says these tracks are fragments, which is a good description for the tracks since they only clock in at a average of 2 minutes a piece.
Wonder, bliss, melancholy and obliqueness, low-key and sad are words that hits it right on the mark.Thank-you Brian for this interesting and challenging work.

18 Technicolor Worlds.......2003-12-13

'Music For Films' was my first Brian Eno purchase. It was a good choice, because it prompted me to check out many of his other works as well.

The best description of the album I could give is that Brian presents 18 portholes into 18 different worlds that range from ethereal to downright eerie. It's perfect for late light listening in the dark with headphones.

Recommended for any Brian Eno fan, or anyone who enjoyed the instrumental tracks on David Bowie's 'Low' and 'Heroes.'

Eno's Dramatic Ambience.......2003-03-06

Upon closely examaning this album one might be perplexed by 18 seperate ambient pieces that rarely reach the 3 minute mark. But the originator of this genre can and does pull it off very nicely with MUSIC FOR FILMS.

True it does seem that many of the pieces are just starting to flow into a groove but instead simply end. Most notable for me is M386, which features an excellent bass riff, that sounds similar to Lalo Schiffrin's Dirty Harry soundtrack.

SLOW WATER is also a favorite of mine that I wish would have been lengthened because of its light phased airyness, it does sound like slow moving liquid.

Somehow this minor inconveinence can be easily overlooked simply because most of the pieces contain similar instrumentation, and overall atmosphere. Once you have listened to the running order of the pieces you become more familar with how and when the tempos and instrumentation changes.

MUSIC FOR FILMS is a nice compliment to MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS and serves as a more ambient pop music length, if there is such a thing. This is a great alternative when you have become tired of the lengthy repetition of the latter but still want to hear the same sort of music.

The book entitled THIS AMBIENT CENTURY, which chronicles ambient music from turn of the century Classical all the way up to the present has a good couple paragraphs about this album, which involves a Pennsylvannia steel mill and LSD. If nothing else it gives a great perspective on this album that is mostly passed over by Ambient fans.

Besides this magical description it contains a large ammount of other Eno related things. Brian Eno also writes the forward so check this out at your local library as well.

Rock Music:

1. El Carretero [Import]
2. Eu Sou O Samba [Import]
3. Faso Denou
4. Faxineira das Canções [Box set] [Limited Edition] [Import]
5. Flashback Nicola Di Bari (I Grandi Successi Originali) [Import]
6. French For Children : Professor Toto's Eric's Day Story CD - French
7. Frencher Style: French Cafe Accordion [Import]
8. Fumo Di Londra [Import]
9. Gaelic Voices
10. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Theme [CD-single] [Import]

Rock Music

rock music

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