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DiscountDelight - Eden (US Release - 16 tracks)
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List Price: $17.98
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Manufacturer: Angel Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724355676924
Format: Enhanced
Label: Angel Records
Manufacturer: Angel Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Angel Records
Release Date: 1999-04-20
Studio: Angel Records
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Summary: My Idol... Sarah Brightman and her journey through Eden
Comment: This album speaks of the soul of Sarah Brightman. She has a soul like no other. Her albums tend to come in themes and Eden's theme is hauntingly beautiful. Sarah's best songs on Eden are Eden, Dust in the Wind, and Anytime, Anywhere. Buy Eden. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: So Unique!
Comment: Sarah's style and her music are so unique. She has such a wide array of followers/fans because she creates things for all types of music lovers. She is so faithful by staying within her classical background, but she mixes in her own style that gives it a freshness and a very unique sound.
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Summary: You HAVE to hear this @}->---
Comment: This is a stunning, stunning cd. I love Sarah Brightman and she is amazing in this cd especially. I love Eden the best out of all her music. Her voice is unique and beautiful and the songs are stunning and haunting. There are some fantastic songs here, but my stand out favourite ones are So Many Things, Dust In The Wind and the haunting Deliver Me. Even if you aren't a fan of operetic voices, she is one of a kind. This is not normally my type of music, but like I said, you have to hear this to beleive it. You might surprise yourself and finding yourself liking this too.
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Summary: Beautiful, with lots of Drama
Comment: For a while I had the tendency to avoid this pretentious small voiced singer, until I heard this album playing in a store one time. Sarah Brightman does have a lovely voice and it does go well with the songs chosen.
Highlighting my favorites: "In Paradisum" is a beautiful beginning to this album. "Eden" which is a simple but dramatic crossover. "So Many Things" has a haunting delicate quality that's attention catching and relaxing at the same time. "Anytime, Anywhere" is crossover mixing of dramatic classical parts and calm pop parts, blending with this album well. "Dust In the Wind" is one of the better versions of this song. "Deliver Me" is slower, dramatic and beautiful and describes what the title states. "Scene D'Amour" has the right amount of drama and is very haunting.
Drama is the main theme of this album which is nice at the same time can be annoying since all the songs are made to be dramatic, though I do love this album and would recommend it to first time Brightman listeners.
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Summary: Stunningly beautiful as it is varied
Comment: I first heard this woman's ineffably wondrous and varied vocal expertise on "The Phantom of the Opera" written by ex-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber for her. As singular as that musical experience was, it is in "Eden" that I believe she attains an aesthetic zenith. Listening to this epic while at work over a period of several months, songs from the album have inflitrated my auditory spirit. The feeling is so delightfully ephemeral that one remembers almost with nostalgia past musical ecstasies encountered. And this feeling grows, for me, until certain sectional climaxes are almost unbearable, such as the orchestral crescendo of "Il Mio Cuore Va".
I concur with the reviewer below who astutely observes that "Very few albums like "Eden" are made -- it draws its listeners in through intrigue and beauty rather than any obvious ploys for attention. It's hard to imagine just how it could be better than it is -- a few tweaks here and there, but no song feels out of place or superfluous. Whether she's reworking covers or dipping into Puccini, the music sounds flawless and uniform." Sarah Brightman's melodious utterances provide holy communion with utter beauty.
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Editorial Reviews:
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In this follow-up to the smashing success of her 1997 CD Time to Say Goodbye, Sarah Brightman continues down the primrose crossover path, blithely gliding from covers of Hooverphonic (the title track) and Kansas ("Dust in the Wind") to Puccini and film scores (Titanic and The English Patient). Sometimes, as in "Anytime, Anywhere," the crossover happens within the same song--in this case welding a rhythm track to the somber harmonies of Albinoni's "Adagio." But there's nary a stylistic speed bump to jolt her listeners, as Brightman focuses her tiny, seraphic voice like a beam of light on each melody. The result, bless her heart, may be the invention of a whole new form of kitsch. Like plastic surgery, Brightman's years of specialized vocal training have helped refine her ability to float confidently well-rounded, sparkling tones in her upper range. These have a Dresden china-like, touching fragility in such songs as "So Many Things" and are well-suited to the gauzily romantic (and overproduced) gloss of the string-heavy arrangements that predominate. Eden also introduces Brightman as songwriter ("In Paradisum," with its mix of sitar and modal chant) and features a bonus track unavailable on the album's European-released version ("The Last Words You Said"). --Thomas May
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