Vital Force

Vital Force Artist: 3rd Force
Label: Higher Octave
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724387759121
EAN: 0724387759121
ASIN: B000003Z2E


Release Date: 1997-02-18

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Listmania:

  1. Frenchy, Jazzy & Lounge Ambiance Selection
  2. Smooth, Fusion Jazz

Tracks:

  1. In The Full Moon Light
  2. No Doubt
  3. You Gotta Be Real
  4. Give It Up
  5. Lift Me Higher
  6. Echoes Of A Dream
  7. Set Youself Free
  8. She Whispered To Me
  9. I've Got To Know
  10. Smiles All Around
  11. Thru The Shadows

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Vital Force: Excellent.......2007-02-16

I bought this particular CD because there was a song on it that I wanted. The song was "In the Full Moonlight". It was great! Actually, the whole CD is wonderful and the group, THIRD FORCE, is wonderful, also, in everything they do.

5 out of 5 stars Best Album Ever.......2007-01-06

This is the only album I have bought that I enjoy ever cut on it. Some times, you buy an album for one song, which is what I did with this album. However, after listening to it from the first time I love all the songs that are offered here. I am 57 and have 100's of albums of music this one will remain my all time favorite. My 11 and 8-year-old daughters love this album also, it spans the generations.

5 out of 5 stars Vitally Fun.......2006-07-18

I totally enjoyed discovering this group! In my opinion this is their best album! A wonderful selection of songs with such catchy and funky melodies. Their intros weren't just, let's jump into the song right away, they were actually intro's with varyied timing and with a progressive tranistion into the song. Great product, great recording and so much fun to listen to. Loved it and highly recommend it to anyone who loves instrumental jazz with a little funkiness to it. Enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars The sum of the parts!.......2006-01-04

This is an invaluable album that denotes the fortunate confluence of several rhythms and tendencies. They were notably inspired with this work that links R&B, Smooth jazz, urban dance, jazz and enriched ethnic sounds. This is its third entry and the result could not be more exciting. Rick Braun in a very moving theme: In the full moon light: No doubt with Jeff Elliot in the commander helmsman. You gotta be real counts with the presence of the renowned Peter White and an suggestive and enigmatic introduction; Echoes of a dream, loaded of Arabian moods and the moving She whispered to me with Craig Chaquico makes of this album one of the best choices you can make in this season. .

5 out of 5 stars An amazing blend of jazz, and New Age :).......2003-02-10

This 1997 opus is a marvelous blend of New Age, Jazz, pop, and some world color to it. Smooth Jazz has a tendency to fall into the generic formula of generic `elevator music' production and relatively bland unmemorable music. Don't misunderstand me, smooth jazz is nice to listen to but I like more but 3rd Forces "Vital Force" though is a shining standout and still holds up so well after all these years in the field of Smooth Jazz.

"In The Full Moon Light" begins the vital journey with an intoxicating Japanese harp intro and becomes a haunting worldly groove featuring stunning Flugel Horn playing by trumpeter Rick Braun. Few songs in the Smooth Jazz genre echo in my memory after so many years but this song absolutely took my breath away back when it was new in 1997 and today in 2003, it ranks as a marvelous and imaginative classic. "No Doubt" is a simpler but more danceable groove with a more upbeat, popish atmosphere that also features Rick Braun but with a muted trumpet. This song is very good and is a great song to play during a midnight backyard party. "You Gotta Be Real" is a dark, & haunting song with a more eerie atmosphere and features a welcome guest appearance from guitarist Peter White. I personally think that White is one of my favorite smooth jazz guitarist and his appearance gives "You Gotta Be Real" a lot of spark. "Give It Up" is a slightly more upbeat track with a slower beat and a sort of big band sound. A great song. "Life Me Higher" is a beautiful breezy song with a cloudier Saturday evening mood and the haunting breeze at the ending is beautiful. One of my favorite songs. "Echoes Of A Dream" is the darkest and the most complex song on the entire album. It starts with a somewhat dark undertone minor or major note fade-in and becomes an Asian colored song with somewhat of an Eastern Indian color to it and it's a very haunting and exotic song that sure stands out on the CD. "Set Yourself Free" brings us back into lighter territory after the darkness of the classic "Echoes" with a much more upbeat, jazzier song and a bluesier sound. "She Whispered To Me" is one of the best songs that 3rd Force have ever composed. It starts off with a haunting ambient intro and becomes an upbeat groove and to add to the beauty of the song itself, it also features Craig Chaquico with the lovely 12-string guitars and they all mesh together to create one of the best songs in Smooth Jazz and the best song on the entire album tied with "In The Full Moon Light". The chord progression is amazing. I love it! "I've Got To Know" is a step down from "Whispered" but is still a great track that kind of reminds me a bit of something from a Paul Hardcastle (Love his music) album. "Smiles All Around" is a much peppier and more upbeat song and is the most up-tempo song on the whole CD. This song gives a feeling of sunshine breaking through the clouds after a refreshing rainstorm. "Thorough The Shadows" brings the vital journey to a close with a refreshing mid-tempo jazz song.

There aren't many remarkable smooth jazz albums that have been made in recent years but "Vital Force" is one of those few. As I said before, smooth jazz is a very good genre IMO, but it suffers from formulaic `elevator music' sounds and "Vital Force" is a pivotal landmark album in modern jazz and is highly recommend for smooth jazz or New Age listeners. I would even go far as to recommend this to those who hate Smooth Jazz.

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