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Track Listings
| 1. First Light |
| 2. Steal Away |
| 3. The Plateaux Of Mirror |
| 4. Above Chiangmai |
| 5. An Arc Of Doves |
| 6. Not Yet Remembered |
| 7. The Chill Air |
| 8. Among Fields Of Crystal |
| 9. Wind In Lonely Fences |
| 10. Failing Light |
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Jewel Case Edition : Digitally remastered in 2004 - 1980 album, a lovely, evocative work fusing the fragile piano melodies of Harold Budd with the atmospheric electronics of Eno
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i first heard this album when i was in my teens and I am now 40. It has travelled with me for years and been a constant. It flows,often with an aching mournful beauty that only spare reverberating piano chords can achieve.Ambient it may be but it is never background.in fact i find it very moving.It conjures up all kinds of images and memories for me. get it and let it become part of your life.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I too am sliding into my late forties and this collection of ambient works consistently works to evoke landscapes and moods that never tire or become formulaic. Echoed by Biosphere and Eluvium in their imagery and use of tonal layers with dripped melodies, Brian Eno remains the original source to my mind.
The collaboration with Harold Budd works well and again the emotional heart is echoed in the White Arcades in his later work whilst 'The Room' and even his earlier 'Pavilion of Dreams'recall this early collaboration.
Simple piano treatments, use of delay and echo and the 'ENOesque treatment of the instrumentation creates a sense of yearning.A single sustained note and subsequent pause ('Steal Away') has terrific poignancy and 'First Light' remains one of the beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.
This album just does not tire or age, and every track is an isolated gem , that together make a collection that is to my mind nigh on perfect. Thirty years on and still as fresh...a classic
The collaboration with Harold Budd works well and again the emotional heart is echoed in the White Arcades in his later work whilst 'The Room' and even his earlier 'Pavilion of Dreams'recall this early collaboration.
Simple piano treatments, use of delay and echo and the 'ENOesque treatment of the instrumentation creates a sense of yearning.A single sustained note and subsequent pause ('Steal Away') has terrific poignancy and 'First Light' remains one of the beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.
This album just does not tire or age, and every track is an isolated gem , that together make a collection that is to my mind nigh on perfect. Thirty years on and still as fresh...a classic
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By David Pan
Format:Audio CD
I think that "The Plateaux Of Mirror" and "The Pearl" are the "ambient discs" pre-eminently...
I can't separate one from the other, because these amazing products are so similar and so deep.
Budd and Eno gave us something to keep in our hearts and souls (and minds) all the life-long.
Their music touches your most hidden chords, makin'em vibrate deeply. In "The Plateaux Of Mirror", you can find also well selected electronic natural sounds (by Eno) - wind, birds, a choir, etc - that gently accompany the resonating piano notes (by Budd) through something close to an ecstatic emptiness. Here, the evocative power is great...If you can, leave the world out, stay for a while with yourself and listen to. In these works, you can find sweetness, dramatic and dark moments, reveries... And you can lose yourself in this music; it seems you're flying, or floatin'...
If you are a writer or a painter (or something else), you can find the right inspiration or just relax; and you'll never grow tired of listening these pure jewels.
Two masterpieces from two great musicians.
I can't separate one from the other, because these amazing products are so similar and so deep.
Budd and Eno gave us something to keep in our hearts and souls (and minds) all the life-long.
Their music touches your most hidden chords, makin'em vibrate deeply. In "The Plateaux Of Mirror", you can find also well selected electronic natural sounds (by Eno) - wind, birds, a choir, etc - that gently accompany the resonating piano notes (by Budd) through something close to an ecstatic emptiness. Here, the evocative power is great...If you can, leave the world out, stay for a while with yourself and listen to. In these works, you can find sweetness, dramatic and dark moments, reveries... And you can lose yourself in this music; it seems you're flying, or floatin'...
If you are a writer or a painter (or something else), you can find the right inspiration or just relax; and you'll never grow tired of listening these pure jewels.
Two masterpieces from two great musicians.
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Plateaux of Mirror
This is an album of haunting, serene minimalism - like the most atmospheric work of Eric Satie. Budd's piano dominates (indeed, it's the only actual instrument throughout),... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Muzikat
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I Like it a lot.
who am I to write a review, all I can say is if you know Budd and Eno's work you will like this.
Published 1 month ago by Paul Newhouse
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Pebble Mill At One
This is a reasonably priced and decent sounding edition of what is, for me, the best of the Ambient series - and maybe even the best record Eno or Budd ever worked on. Read more
Published 15 months ago by G. O'Doherty
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An internal reverie
A welcome interlude to shifting the mood and engaging with the senses within a room. Music throws psychological shapes across a space, as much as light brings out the physical... Read more
Published on 6 April 2011 by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
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Great!
This is a really great album to put on in the background whilst doing something else. Personally, I love to have it on while I read as it helps me concentrate and not get... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2011 by JackNCFC
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'Into the Void'
On my last Brian Eno review, some-one in the 'Comments' section had the audacity to suggest I was a plank. Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2008 by Paul Ess.
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