Vox

Artist: Andreas Vollenweider
Label: Kin Kou
Category: Music

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Format: DualDisc
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 795041756220
EAN: 0795041756220
ASIN: B000A7DBK4

Release Date: 2005-09-20

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Listmania:

Invoking Utopia

Tracks:

Hey You, Yes... You! (At The Gate Of Sound)
Wake Up And Dance! (All The Good Reasons...)
These Hearts Of Gold
Seven Doors
Home Of Love
Enchanted Rocks
Pilgrim (...And I Shall Not Be Sad)
The Sons Of Sysiphos
Paper Walls
Ripples In The Lake Of Time
Kira's Waltz
What If It Wasn't A Dream?

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Customer Reviews:

The next page in the book of Vollenweider..........2006-12-07

September 20, 2005. The long-awaited "Vox" by Andreas Vollenweider hits the stores.

Gleefully, I obtain my copy, wishing nothing more than to hear what one of my most beloved musicians of all time has done with the hiatus in his career. I slip the CD into my player, and the journey begins.

But suddenly, Andreas Vollenweider takes a jarring and unfortunate turn towards simplicity.

Vox is dissapointing in more ways than one... Not only is it a slap in the face to long-time fans like myself, but it's also a disgrace to the once great genre called New Age.

Though, Vox isn't the only album to attempt to inject "deep lyrics" into the [now overly simplistic] music and make them the main focus, nullifying any redeeming effect that the [VERY SCARSE] instrumental bits that the album might have had. Enya and Yanni have contributed to the downfall of New Age with their latest offerings too.

Regardless, this trite "deep lyric" garbage has got to stop. It doesn't make music expressive, it just makes it idiotic and cliché, and ultimately, it also takes the focus away from the music and puts it on completely meaningless lyrics that invoke nothing; and Andreas Vollenweider was once the master of expression in music, listen his album "Book of Roses" sometime if you don't believe me.

Vox, however, is a terrible album, filled with nothing but New Age idiocy and horribly simplistic/formulaic music. Nothing to challenge your mind here, just another pop album of '05.

I just hope the next thing he releases isn't this bad. I would hate to see such a wonderful musician lost in such a manner.

Dual Disc is a Dual Dissapointment!.......2005-10-19

As a major longtime A.V. fan, i think VOX is just OK. Considering the long wait between albums, it's a bit of a dissapointment, but i'll give him credit for trying something new. Andreas has a wonderful voice, but the lyrics are a bit blatent and corny. I'd love to hear him sing some really well written songs. The music on VOX is very good, but it meanders around without the focus of his earlier works.

Also, with high hopes about the DVD side, i could not even sit through half of the 5.1 mixes. The mixes 'would' be incredible, BUT the sound of the Dolby Digital compression was driving me mad. It's horrible!! Any sense of dynamics or drama (or bass) were squeezed away. Why, why, why can't they give us full-bandwidth DVD-A surround, or at least 24/96k stereo. This is my second Dual Disc purchase with the same complaint about them.
The video content is just previews of the upcoming DVD. Not a big bonus really, but I will definitely be buying the DVD.

If you're an Andreas fan, then you will want this CD, but if your collection has an older hole in it, i'd fill that one before buying VOX.

Vollenweider's next step.......2005-10-19

If not a groundbreaking project then certainly one that every fan should hear. The vocal work here is very polished and integrates well with his patented sound which is a mix of rhythm and melody that is totally unique. The US DualDisc has bonus video as well as the entire project mixed in 5.1 Dolby Surround which is amazing.

An Evolving Artist.......2005-09-23

Once again Andreas Vollenweider has created something slightly different from, but clearly connected to, his past work. There are two versions, imported and domestic (this one). Actually, I feel the imported is more interesting in that the additional songs and different sequencing seems to create a more complex overall sound. As others have pointed out, this is his first serious foray into vocal work. I think it works and that it works well. The lyrics are interesting, always have something to say, in fact are often touching, and his voice is quite agreeable (I strongly disagree with the Amazon reviewer's putdown of Vollenweider's voice--as well as with a few other rather odd putdowns). In fact, his expressiveness in conveying the intention of the lyric surprised me and, in my view, demonstrates a subtle artistry of yet another instrument--his voice.
As I continue to listen to this album , I have begun to feel that this is one of his best works. Perhaps because of the meaningfulness of the lyrics or the complexity of the music, this CD has affected me as strongly as my favorite works of the past. On the DVD portion of the domestic disc, Andreas is interviewed and he elucidates his view regarding the influence that music has on emotions and thoughts. He certainly demonstrates such influence on this CD.

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