Spiral

Spiral - VangelisThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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1. The crowning achievement of "Cosmic music".
My credentials: Countless hours of listening to electronic music since I was a child.

My favourites: Klaus Schulze (the 70's analog albums), Tangerine Dream (the 70's analog albums), Jarre (the first 3 albums), Vangelis (the 70's analog albums).

The favourite of my favourites(of the lighter tone space music): Albedo 0.39 and Spiral by Vangelis

Because a review is not helpful if you dont know the taste of the reviewer. I think that the above comments will give you a hint.

This album is a recording that belongs to the highest achievements of music as a whole. It is a treasure and I am glad that I was fortunate enough to grow up in an environment that appreciated this kind of music. Vangelis explores the universe with this music and all listeners around the world follow him in a journey through creation, evolution and nucleogenesis. Carl Sagan used this music for his popular TV series "Cosmos", a great influence for my point of view of the world and...

2. "Spiral" spirals!
I must heartily disagree with the below reviewer, who claims that this album does not have a central theme. On the contrary, "Spiral's" theme is the realization of the infinite spiraling of the universe and everything within it. All of the songs reflect this in some very profound fashion. "Spiral" is amongst my favorite Vangelis albums -- it is highly listenable while maintaining an eerie and ominous persona that infiltrates the depths of one's mind. The title track "Spiral" is first on the album, and it is perfectly named. I heard somewhere that the spiraling sound you hear throughout the piece was brand new technology when this was released, and that Vangelis was first to implement it. This track is haunting and powerful, and after its initial introduction it really begins to satisfy. The next track, "Ballad" is extremely eerie and bizarre, and its slow paced progression is incorporated with the moaning/singing of a strange...

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Another fine example of progressive electronic from Vangelis
This 1977 release is another great Vangelis album and once again demonstrates his skill as a fantastic composer and familiarity with a wide range of instruments (synthesizers, percussion, and drums). The music of Vangelis is varied enough that it could defy description, yet it seems clear that "progressive electronic" aptly describes Spiral. The four tracks on the album range in length from 5'14' to 9'35" and cover a wide range of dynamics and moods. Synth textures/timbres of all description are used on the album ranging from the cheery and upbeat to the spacey and gloomy, making for a very interesting listening experience. Fortunately, the synth textures he uses are very warm and natural sounding and Vangelis is extremely clever with respect to orchestration.

Although a complete list of synthesizers is not provided in the credits, being a bit of a synthesizer nut I did a little bit of digging on the internet and came up with some detailed notes regarding synth use on...
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