Apocalypse

Artist: Mahavishnu Orchestra
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074644611120
EAN: 0074644611120
ASIN: B00000273F

Release Date: 1990-04-20

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Tracks:

Power Of Love
Vision Is A Naked Sword
Smile Of The Beyond
Wings Of Karma
Hymn To Him

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Customer Reviews:

Winning Combination.......2007-01-15

This release featruing the 2nd Mahavishnu group with orchestrations is a winning combination. Some of the strongest and finest Michael Walden playing from this period. John McLaughlin is playing at the highest level and Jean Luc Ponty is a wonderful addition to the group. The only drawback are the vocals, which tend to take this music from the spiritual element to Broadway. I've never understood why opening a can of peas can inspire song and dance.

Tales from Apocalyptic Oceans??.......2006-12-01

I was rather surprised by the mostly glowing reviews this disk has received here. I've been a Mahavishnu fan for ages, but never bothered to buy this disk until a few weeks back when I was able to pick it up for $6 at the Tower Records bankruptcy sale. While quite audacious in its ambitions, it doesn't hold a candle to any of the other early 70's Mahavishnu releases, including Visions of the Emerald Beyond. In fact, for some reason it reminds me of another ambitious, but ultimately flawed album from around that time, "Tales From Topographic Oceans" by Yes. Both albums have their moments, but both also have some very weak moments that render the overall listening experience a bit burdensome.

My Favorite alltime.......2006-10-05

Saw this concert in '75(?). Journey was the warm up band playing "Kohutek". Mahavishnu was mind blowing. This album has been my favorite for 30 some years. All "MO" albums are unique and very good for their "style" of music. But Apocolypse transcends them all. His finest work. Don't miss this ! Really. This one album is different. For me, it's better than Miles, Weather Report, RTF, Cobham, Joe Schmoe and your girlfriend. An ABSOLUTE PEAK !

No Comparison.......2006-07-27

It would be very difficult to compare this album to any other work for John McLaughlin.
Encounter between John McLaughlin, Conductor Michael Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra.
This encounter wasn't taken seriously back in 1974, however the stated combination, adding Jean Luc Ponty on Violin and Vocalist Gayle Moran, released a superb complete album.
The combination of Classical, Jazz and Fusing Rock toped by an opera voice makes this album a real gem.
If you are into some Classical, Some Rock and Jazz; If you are into great vocals, Check out this album

Not Bad But Then, You Could Buy Birds of Fire Instead .... .......2005-12-02

The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Apocalypse
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Mahavishnu II was nowhere as good as MI, but it had its good points in this inaugural album, most notably the pristine of electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. McLaughlin still generates the heat but sounds like he is recycling more forceful work from earlier albums. The drumming, bass and keyboards are unexceptional but not notable. There is a pretty vocal solo by keyboardist Gayle Moran on "Smile of the Beyond." All in all, there's too much recycled in this album, the musicians (Ponty and McLaughlin excepted) are mediocre at best, and the Buddhist propagandizing seems egregious. But at least it's better than the next album, Visions of the Emerald Beyond, which has almost nothing to recommend it, except for its moments of ersatz funk ("Cosmic Strut," "Can't Stand Your Funk").

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