Metaphor

Artist: Patrick O'Hearn
Label: Deep Cave Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 708918100224
EAN: 0708918100224
ASIN: B000005EM4

Release Date: 1997-09-24

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Tracks:

Patience My Friend
Crossing The Divide
Peace Be With You
Women Of Lachaise, The
Drive
Let Truth Prevail
Images In Stone
All Quiet Now
Faith And Endurance

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Customer Reviews:

Look deeper...completely beautiful!.......2004-12-26

I've read alot about "arrangements" and "dancing in dew covered fields" and such, but I haven't seen anything about "feeling". I bought this cd because I remembered POH's name being mentioned on a new age station I listened to long ago. Chattahoochee Field Day was one of those songs back then so I expected something great and was in no way disappointed!

From the first song to the last, it felt like he was trying to say something, relay a message...it was something you had to find on your own but there was only one meaning, not an individual interpretation.

The first clue to this meaning was the cover - the statue that is worn away in sadness - I had no idea at the time where that statue was or what it meant. But the image (images including inside pamphlet) and the music was haunting. One passage in particular, The Women of Lachaise, kept at me until I wrote out the feeling of the song into a poem. I thought that was the end of it but it still kept at me.

Taking to the net, I did research on the name in the title and found Pere Lachaise...a cemetary of great history and amazing art in the form of mourning souls. Now people may find this morbid, however I feel it is a message saying transition is nothing to be afraid of. Once I finished my research and found the whole story, the haunting let me go. I still love LOVE this cd and if I were stranded on a desert island with only one cd and a lifetime of batteries for a player, Metaphor would be it.

These are all opinions here - the others are as valid as mine and vice-versa. The only REAL way for you to judge is to listen for yourself. But if you do, make sure you listen with your soul and not just your ears.

Much love...BlueEnBlue

Good but not his best work..........2002-11-16

Of all his recording this particular recording is the least varied although at outset the primal tribal aspect is rather intriguing. Hmmmm.. Tribal electronic music. The problem is that there are less sonic colors than in any of his previous recordings. Of course Patrick set a pretty strong pace there and it's hard for all of them to be gems. I like this recording but I have to admit that unlike his other recordings, I have to be in the mood for it. It is not the Patrick O'Hearn recording I would reach for when I want to hear Patrick O'Hearn. This recordings is thematic somewhat like a short film soundtrack. A good recording but not equal to his other works.

WHEN THE STARS STARTS TO FALL.......2002-04-18

It does not take a genius or a hard-core fan of POH to notice the decay of his ability to compose classical-rate pieces. It started with the CD TRUST as one feels and sees POH's gloomy vision of this planet and its human cargo. "Trust" had a message imbedded in it and it is an honest and profound message for mankind of what is to come to this planet. Metaphor on the other hand lacks a message or a theme and in my opinion reflects POH's lack of exuberance towards life or music, ergo, the music in Metaphor is a stew of sound going nowhere. Yes, there are a few short catchy melodic bars but the melodic flow of each piece stagnates like a broken record repeating over and over and it gets boring. The musical soundscape of Metaphor is 2 dimensional compared to POH's previous works that are vividly more 3 dimensional in musical and sound layering.

I don't know, but based on Metaphor, POH's musical well is starting to dry up. It is not a bad thing, we all go thru the same thing. It is part of being human...so did Mozart, Bethoven,Dvorak......

P.O.'s worst but still an essential masterpiece........2001-11-21

In my opinion there is no such thing as mediocrity in the O,hearn world. Coming off from the heels of the dark and medievel Trust this is a very good follow-up to it. However this album is a step down from the previous and unlike it this album needs time to grow on you but don't sweat. You will love this album as well in the end.

Unlike Trust this album is more acoustic and even more tribal sounding though mantaining his trademark sound in some areas.

Patience My Friend is a very medievel song with some beeping sounds in some areas. Crossing the Divide features more acoustic guitars and more tribal drums that results in one of his most acoustic songs to date and it works well. Peace Be With You is a stunning piece with gorgeous flutes and tribal drums and a soothing jazzy atmosphere. The Women Of Lachaise is a sogn with lots of tribal percussion with some electronic sounds but overall this is a very mediecel song. It ends with maracas and a flute fading out. Drive is my favorite sogn on this CD. It's a somewhat space oriented song with lots of echoing pianos and an awesome bass line. This is the winner on this album. Let Truth Prevail is another song with tribal percussion but with some of his trademark sound. Images In Stone is an okay song with just some medievel keyboards and a very dark feel. All Quiet Now is sort of like Peace but a minor note and with some thundering drums. Faith And Endurance is a good closer to this masterpiece. It's a fast paced song with unusual sounding guitars and face paced drums. It ends with a loud clang.

This may be his weakest album to date but this is still a five star and is an essential for fans of P.O. 's post Indigo material. Those who may not care for this disc are probably looking for more of his more electronic sound. While I understand why they may be dissapointed with this one this should not be passed up by any fan. Go ahead give it a try I,m sure most of you will love it in the end.

While this is my least favorite by him I still love it. He would surpass this one five years later with his crowning achievement So Flow The Current, my favorite album by him to date.

Another Good Set From P. O.!!!.......2001-05-30

For those of you familiar w/ PO's work you'll find this to be a slight change of direction. This album finds Patrick using more acoustic instrumentation lending itself to a more tribal sound. There's no getting away from PO's signature arrangements and developments but the use of large skinned drums certainly gives you that Native American flavor. Patrick's previous work sounds much more atmospheric. This work finds itself grounded in a natural earthly meditational state as apposed to the ambient celestial stratosphere. But this is not a bad thing, it's just a subtle shift. Metaphor does not play through as well as some of his other works either, like Indigo & River's Gonna Rise. Those two discs are fantastic, beginning to end, especially RGR. Metaphor has a few pieces in there that I tend to skip over, kinda uneventful slow movers that never quite develop. You just keep waiting for some development....and nothin'. All in all, I really like about 5 of the tracks. Of course, recording and production are tremendous as usual for Mr. O'Hearn. If you're already a fan, you'll certainly want to add this one to your collection. If you're not, get River's Gonna Rise, Eldorado, Indigo & Trust then Metaphor.

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