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| 4.5 superb | TRMshadow | September 6th 11 |
Eerie, Surreal, Ephemeral, and 14 other ghostly sounding adjectives. A truly mind-bending listen. As with Glass' other works, an almost trance-like nature falls over the piece creating a field that affects the listener (positively for some, negatively for others). An interesting sample of the minimalism movement that should be the starter album for anyone intending to get into "art" music. 4.4/5
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| 4.0 excellent | Electric City | August 21st 07 |
My introduction to Philip Glass was a snippet of the score from the wildly influential film Koyaaniqatsi (I think that's how you spell it). After that I was intrigued. The album I found in a shop in Brattleboro, Vermont, was Glassworks. As far as music I've heard goes, this isn't like anything. It sounds very much like a film score in some parts, a la The Illusionist. The style is very repetetive, deeply rooted in minimalism; the genre he helped to create. The opening song ("Opening", lol) is a brilliant acoustic piano pattern that repeats for 6 minutes, yet subtley remains interesting throughout. This isn't the case for all the songs, as one song refuses to do anything ("Facades"), while another, "Floe", insists on doing too much. However, both songs have a counterpart ("Islands" and "Rubric", respectively) that achieves beautifully what the other couldn't. You gotta have the patience of a Venus Flytrap to sit through the epic repetition, but if you do, the payoff's worth it.
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| 2.0 poor | SquigglyBob | May 7th 24 |
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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| 5.0 classic | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | February 16th 21 |
Glass lays out a dreamscape that can in a matter of moments turn from blissful to nightmarish.
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| 2.5 average | OmairSh | December 1st 14 |
Repetitive is an understatement
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| 4.5 superb | chwe | February 1st 24 |
| 3.5 great | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | tonydip | November 4th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Adol | October 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | paddypoh | September 20th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Trundle | August 1st 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Polvo | January 11th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | hel9000 | September 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gazham | August 13th 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | July 7th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | June 11th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Sine | May 7th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Miguee7 | October 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pheenix | February 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | YayoG1 | December 27th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Juca89 | November 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | orakst | October 9th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Alexxx | September 29th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Jan555 | September 14th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Luisito | September 11th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Juanpa | September 9th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Jadiel | June 20th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Sayasa | November 18th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Arkadin | September 2nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | zschab | August 23rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Psyche | June 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xerian | May 8th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Smeg | April 19th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | nope | February 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | BoJean | February 8th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jade | November 14th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | elemunt | September 30th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | April 4th 16 |
| 3.0 good | sncold | September 27th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | irid | June 17th 15 |
| 3.5 great | p4p | May 3rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Sacul | March 28th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Greem | February 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | gosk8n | December 23rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | ethos | May 1st 14 |
| 3.5 great | rooby | February 22nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Jekub | November 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lenix | September 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lours | July 5th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | TwigTW | March 8th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | kitsch | February 18th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Sevhead | December 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | TheDMV | August 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yami | May 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | TSOMEHT | February 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Piglet | February 14th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | bonus | December 15th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Timon87 | October 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | May 4th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Titan50 | September 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Zizzer | September 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ferrum | December 22nd 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Asaura | March 18th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | March 3rd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zebra | March 3rd 08 |
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