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L'Apocalypse Des Animaux

L'Apocalypse Des Animaux
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Manufacturer: Polydor Group
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042283150324
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Polydor Group
Manufacturer: Polydor Group
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Polydor Group
Release Date: 1987-03-16
Running Time: 35
Studio: Polydor Group

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Summary: A long time favourite
Comment: Although one of his earliest solo works, "L'Apocalypse des Animeux" contains some of Vangelis's most impressive and evocative music. Possibly because the music was written to accompany a series of Frédéric Rossif documentaries about wildlife, the majority of the tracks are slow and atmospheric, and synthesizers are used with subtlety.

A good example of the quality here is "Le Singe Blue", whose poignant trumpet theme recalls Miles Davis's sublime version of "It Never Entered My Mind". More unusual is "Création du Monde". Lasting almost 10 minutes and full of atmosphere, the piece conveys a sense of the mystery and grandeur of nature. In a similar vein, the final track, "La Mer Recommencée", conjures up images of ocean waves and endless vistas before fading away into nothingness, a wonderful effect that Vangelis would use again when ending his album "China" six years later.

The early 1970s recording has a small amount of tape noise, but nothing too distracting. The running time is 35 minutes. A pity there's not more, but what's here is marvellous.

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Summary: A very reflective, sometimes ambient, Vangelis work
Comment: Compared to the other Vangelis albums I have heard, his style on this album is to me a lot more reflective, with some tracks bordering on the ambient. It is an early work (1973), with some tracks featuring acoustic guitar and trumpet as well as keyboards. This is definitely Vangelis to chill out to, with a slow pace and long, dreamlike synth chords. It is, however, not my favourite Vangelis album, as to my ears it lacks the fire and inspiration of Vangelis at his best.

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Summary: Vangelis' definitive work
Comment: Undoubtly Vangelis' best album, imo (I know about 15 of them). It has nothing to do with other albums in this world.. It is a pure moment of emotion passed to the listener, the kind of emotion about what "good" music is all about..

A stream of simplicity, sincerity, sadness, intense melancoly, bitter loneliness, a cried out heart calling for tenderness and understanding, there's also a true and deep love for nature and simple things that go in this music..

If you think life is a collection of emotions and perceptions, then you can't die without having heard this piece of both despair and hope.. Do you like the sea ? Do you know what it is to breath the wind in the rocks, on the border of the ocean ?

If you use to cry on music, I guess you're gonna die on 'La petite fille de la mer'.. Like Vangelis did..... A bit of his life went in that album.. Nobody sensitive could ever be the same after..

All the most beautiful feelings a human being can ever have in his life are expressed in there.. Never hesitate for that album.. This is what I'd bring with me when I go to hell or heaven..

Some albums just can't be criticized.. Even how consciencious you want to be.. When that occurs, then all you can do is to stay humble in front of such a beautiful masterpiece, and admire the work..

agapw to musica sou..




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