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Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic: Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Bryars, Gavin (Composer), Hart, Eva (Performer), Nash, John (Performer), Format: Audio CD

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.4 x 13 x 0.99 cm; 98.09 Grams
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Virgin Records
Label ‏ : ‎ Virgin Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000269VM
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: 76,029 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- 2,308 in Symphonies for Orchestras
- 3,441 in Soundtracks & Musicals
- 36,530 in Pop

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Bryars's the Sinking of the Titanic is one of the oddest and at the same time most mesmerising works to come out of this end of the century. It began in 1972 as an abstract art piece that kept on building and changing in the composer's mind. It's a ghostly tapestry of eerie echoes, distant sounds almost like whale songs, and interjected rifts representing the band that was playing even as the boat sank. This is a masterpiece that rewards repeated listening. EMI. 2004.

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Bryars's The Sinking of the Titanic is one of the oddest and at the same time most mesmerising works to come out of this end of the century. It began in 1972 as an abstract art piece that kept on building and changing in the composer's mind. It's a ghostly tapestry of eerie echoes, distant sounds almost like whale songs, and interjected rifts representing the band that was playing even as the boat sank. This is a masterpiece that rewards repeated listening. --Paul Cook

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Yellow Delaney

Marmite composition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2019

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This is the original recording I wanted. It still sounds good.
Bought it for Jesus’ Blood which I could probably listen to endlessly on repeat, were it not for my partner who hates it. But there you go.
Titanic is also very good, and in a similar style.

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John Williams

Only if you're in the mood

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2007

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I heard 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' played on the radio in another room late one night. Had to stop what I was doing. Ended up staring at the radio like a zombie. The music was captivating, mesmerizing; I didn't want it to stop. Well, I must have been feeling tired and emotional at the time, 'cos when I got my hands on the CD and played it in the bright, brisk morning the effect was gone. I played it to some friends, and they were very curious about it. The question most of them asked was; How long does this %*$!?£% go on for? Shame on them! Well, I've had the CD for a while now, so feel able to give a settled view of it, which is this. You really do have to be in the mood for this type of music, and unless you're a chronic melancholiac these moods won't come round too often. It really would be a waste of time putting this CD in that little black box in the car. But on those few occasions when you really are in such a mood, there can be little to come near it. So an average of three stars - five for when you're in the mood, and one for when you're not.

One thing that strikes me about the other reviews is that they seem to focus almost exclusively on 'Jesus' Blood'. To my mind 'The Sinking of the Titanic' is equally evocative. The repeated dirge-like tune is similar to the device used in 'Jesus' Blood', and the sampled sounds with which it is mingled just pile on the atmosphere. We hear distant indistinct, presumably long-dead voices, and what could be the throbbing of engines and the deep ringing metallic echo of a cavernous hull. Takes you back.

28 people found this helpful

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A mesmerising and emotional minimalist classic.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2012

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During a 1971 documentary film about homeless alcoholics in South London an elderly man(a non-alcoholic) was recorded singing part of a religious song. The experimental composer, Gavin Bryars, acquired an unused tape which was destined for the rubbish bin and "rescued this voice from oblivion" by making a tape loop of the brief stanza of the song and orchestrating it with layers of sound.
The resulting 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' is a 25-minute minimalist classic - intensely moving, mesmerising and full of humanity. Once heard, never forgotten.
Th accompanying piece, 'The Sinking of the Titanic' is almost as impressive.

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D. Clark

Iconic, emotional, mesmerising

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2014

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"Jesus' blood never failed me yet" and its companion "The sinking of the Titanic" have been favourites of mine for many years, and as my old cassette tape is now completely worn out I had no hesitation in buying a digitised version. I have to say I far prefer the original of "Jesus' blood" to the re-recording with Tom Waits. Mysteriously, one is transported into a quasi-monastic world of repeated mantras over a sustained string orchestra accompaniment.

2 people found this helpful

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AdamPajda

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2018

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Fantastic item. Exactly what I expected.

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BRIANUS

Gavin Bryars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2013

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I heard "Jesus Never Failed Me Yet" on Radio 3's "Words and Music" and was very moved by it to the extent that I logged on to the BBC website to find out about it. The poignancy of the unknown tramp's mantra set against the accompanying arrangement by Gavin Bryars is irresistible.

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James Johnston

Recommended

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 June 2015

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Not for everyone but if you like something a little different and appreciate Brian Eno, Harold Budd, etc then this is worth a purchase. The versions with Tom Waits are excellent,

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A. J. Punch

truly spiritual

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2010

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jesus never failed me yet got into my soul and those who I played it to all ages don't have to be classical music lover Im not it's a melody that will grow in your sub conscious. Try it .

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