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Star's End

~ David Bedford
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (23 Jun 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B000024SSR
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 58,805 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Extreme physics experience, 31 May 2002
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For me David Bedford's 'Star's end' is my most cherished album for 25 years. I always was surpised why this album never got any attention (as far as I know).
The gravitational collapse of a star; the uninmaginable quantummechanical phenomena; the time-space curvation: 'Star's end' is the only music I know which 'describes these things quite accurate' in sound.
Warning: It certainly is not easy music.
Although it is filed under 'Popular music' it looks more like modern experimental classical music (despite the guitar work of Mike Oldfield).
It makes full use of a big orchestra.
To many listeners it will sound like 'avant-garde' music but it definitely is not: 'avant-garde'-music is clinical, emotionless; 'Star's end' is full of melodies although they are not easy. It is the opposite of Vangelis 'Cosmos':
'Cosmos' has a big easy tune; the first time 'Cosmos' sounds beautiful but soon you will get bored. You won't get bored with 'Star's end'.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Take your time, 10 Nov 2006
By D. J. H. Thorn "davethorn13" (Hull, UK) - See all my reviews
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I first became aware of this album through Mike Oldfield's 'Boxed' release in the late 1970s. That album consisted of his first three albums plus the bonus LP, 'Collaborations'. One of the tracks on the bonus issue was a lengthy extract from 'Star's End'. Made the year after 'Tubular Bells', it too consists of one composition, but is nowhere near as accessible as Oldfield's music. Though rock instruments are featured, the album is predominantly performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sounds more like a modern classical work.

It's intended as a musical representation of the process signified by the title. This isn't an album that will have you humming. The opening fragments of violin which suggest the gathering of matter towards the eventual chemical reaction are discordant. 'Star's End' is an impressionistic album. The aforementioned extract is probably the highlight of the album. During this, Oldfield plays a trademark electric guitar solo over the backdrop of a steady, portentous timpani beat and an orchestral wall of sound.

The merit of depicting a star's collapse in music will remain open to debate. Nevertheless, this is a well-crafted album, not for the casual listener, but one which rewards patience and attention.
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