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Azure Ray
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Track Listing
- Sleep
- Displaced
- Don't Make a Sound
- Another Week
- Rise
- 4th of July
- Safe and Sound
- Fever
- For No One - Azure Ray, Azure Ray
- How Will You Survive - Azure Ray, Azure Ray
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #16882 in Music
- Released on: 2005-06-15
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
Customer Reviews
Most Human
Eloquent, Evocative, Elegaic, simply Exquisite-these two gifted artists make music most human. At turns lush but spare, layered but lyrical, world weary but hopeful, the full spectrum of human emotions is laid bare for all to contemplate, enjoy, revel in or dismiss but impossible to ignore! The opening track 'Sleep' may be the greatest song ever composed. Ironic that a song that is very nearly a lullaby is about difficulty sleeping due to loneliness. Each track is a gem on its own but still manages to share a melodic commonality with the preceding tracks. The voices of these women are pure as peeling bells with the warmth of experience able to convey the most abstract of feelings in a most palpable musical manner.
Brilliant Hypnotic Haunting and Gorgeous
The two girls that are Azure Ray are wonderful musicians (guitar as well as other instruments), have lovely haunting voices and excellent production values. They have created an album that is essential for any fan of My Bloody Valentine, Mazzy Star, Durutti Column, Lush, Portishead, Supercollider, and/or Peter Jefferies. Track 10 "For No One" and Track 3, which features an optigon (sp?) are my favorites. I'm going to run out and buy the other two recordings by Azure Ray right now...this album is that good.
Moody in just the right way.
I purchased this CD on the strength of hearing the song "Displaced"... The song had an atmospheric quiet about it that was at once soothing and provocative.
***This album is not a big studio production so it retains its quaint beauty. In addition to "Displaced," other tracks like "Rise" and "Sleep" are just as languid and luminous. Lyrically, the songs can be ponderous, but the moodiness is satisfying and not oppressive. The later tracks tend to meander and detract from the overall success of the album. However, if you're a fan of the duo Over the Rhine, you'll be pleased with Azure Ray as well.
