Bathi Bayamazi - Lusanda Spiritual Group

Advantages: A truly mind-blowing album
Disadvantages: None.

...This is the third album release from Jason Pierce's Spiritualized outfit. Released in 1997, it immediately garnered immense critical devotion, taking NME album of the year. I find it very hard to be unbiased about this record, simply because I love the group, and the album, so much. However, I played it to some of my friends and they all thought it was great as well. The record lasts for 70 minutes, and is, for the most part, seamlessly seagued. I can't find any fault with this record, they are simply in my opinion one of the best bands around, my personal favourite track being 'I Think I'm In Love.'... Read review

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Advantages: Glorious music
Disadvantages: As ever a bit pompous

...A third U2 album, War, was released in January 1983 and while reviewers cooled a little, seemingly wary of the group’s religious leanings, it went gold in America, made number 1 in the UK and yielded a British Top Ten single in New Year’s Day. On War, the group’s overall sound was more rhythmic and less reliant on The Edge’s guitar work; in addition, the music was filled out on certain tracks by the violin of Steve Wickham, the trumpet of Kenny Fradley and the voices of The Coconuts, and yet the group sacrificed none of their previous intensity. For almost the first time, the lyrics tackled specific topics - the troubles in Poland and Ulster, the nuclear threat. Yet the songs offered no solutions beyond that of personal renewal. In keeping with the group’s spiritual outlook, they located problems within the individual human heart... Read review

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Advantages: Great relaxation sounds
Disadvantages: can put you to sleep

...Several years ago, a friend turned my music sites toward a group called Deep Forest. The group spans several different music venues, from jazz, to pop, to new age, as well as tribal. The first CD I bought of theirs was called Boheme' which had several songs from movies I had heard as well as several other songs which I fell in love with. Over the past 5 years, I have watched this group evolve with their newest release called Composa. This release has on its first track the voice of a 100 year old women who was a noted spiritualist. After the recording she died. It was noted in the cover that it was her dream to have her voice immortalized before her death, well with this release it has come to pass. The music as stated before spans all cultures, and it is a type of music that relaxes as well as opens your soul and allows you to touch... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful