When Time Stood Still... - Ustad Vilayat Khan & Pandit Kishan Maharaj

Advantages: exceptional
Disadvantages: none

...a true genius in his field, ustad vilayat khan has left a rich legacy of his beautiful music. his style of playing was indeed unique to his own gharana (a household of music that students join to learn) that he was the prime representative for. He knows exactly what he must do to make his playing heart breaking and emotionally overwhelming. the raga marwa is a beautiful raga already, and in the hands of such an expert one can really see the flowers of the terrifying raga blossom out. his death is a huge loss to the world of indian music and one can do nothing but admire how he did in his life time what generations have not been able to do. his sons, now playing as well as him reflect his humble attitude to his music and his love for his sitar and equally his voice. he may have passed away but his music will never be forgotten... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Relaxing, original, acoustic guitar.
Disadvantages: It does get a little samey

...that gets skipped the most. 12 No lyrics. It's about 7 minutes of a kind of ambient background music. This is actually the first time I've realised that it has no lyrics - normally I listen to this album when working or doing something else so it just turns into nice ambient background noise without me realising. Orange Sky "Well I had a dream I stood beneath and orange sky. Yes I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky, with my brother standing by, with my brother standing by. I said brother you know, you know, it's a long road we've been walking on" This is the showcase of the album, and also the most famous. It's good and slow, positive and optimistic. It's long enough that by the end of it you're so relaxed you don't care about what's due in tomorrow or how that presentation went so horribly wrong... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Good music with humour
Disadvantages: None

..., handclapping, vibraphone, cabassa, wood block, bell tree Not forgetting Terry Bozzio - drums Del Newman - strings, arranger, conductor Jean Roussel - organ, keyboards, electric piano Tony Spath - piano, oboe Although the original album was only nine tracks in length, 10cc were able to explore many forms of music with differing tempos along with a whole host of different instruments. When 10cc brought out this album 30 years ago I knew they were taking the listener on a magical musical journey, today that still holds true for a new generation of listeners. This really is an album that has stood the test of time, for me it is as good now as it was when it was first released, if you want to listen to songs that have a subtle sense of humour in them and in some ways challenge the laws of music, then you will not be going far... Read review

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