The Inspiration of William Blake

The Inspiration of William Blake Artist: Jah Wobble
Label: Thirsty Ear
Category: Music



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


UPC: 700436602921
EAN: 0700436602921
ASIN: B0000057ON


Release Date: 1997-06-10

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Listmania:

  1. 8 days a week - songs that namedrop the weekdays

Tracks:

  1. Songs Of Innocence: Introduction/Excerpt From The Ecchoing Green/The Little Boy Lost...
  2. Lonely London: London/Excerpts From Proverbs Of Hell
  3. Bananas
  4. Tyger Tyger
  5. Holy Thursday
  6. Breathing Out The World
  7. Swallow In The World
  8. The Kings Of Asia
  9. Swallow In The World (Reprise)
  10. Bob & Harry
  11. The Angel
  12. Gateway
  13. Auguries Of Innocence

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Music Cleansing the Doors of Perception.......2007-01-23

William Blake himself would love this album, I've no doubt. It takes atmospheric, ambient music with electronic effects and varied instrumentation and imaginatively combines this with Blake's Songs of Innocence & Experience, Marriage of Heaven & Hell, and Auguries of Innocence in a creative and compelling fusion. The feel of Blake's imaginative, prophetic vision is evoked with great insight, sometimes in utterly unexpected musical idioms that I would've thought implausible ("Tyger Tyger" as Reggae!) and to a degree that succeeded in giving me chills ("Holy Thursday" especially) as few things do in these jaded days. Jah Wobble's narration of Blake's poetry, while coming just a wee bit close to over-dramatic in a few spots, captures its rhythms and emotions incredibly well, and he weaves this into the music wonderfully. The blend seems so organically appropriate, one suspects that Blake did indeed have a hand in inspiring it.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing !.......1999-10-26

This album is one of Jah Wobbles most unusual ones, because it is a careful blending between experimental, electronic music and poetry. His narration in combination with sonic elements and music creates very intriguing atmospheres. You can really feel the energy and the power beyond it. It sounds organic but strange and unfamiliar. This merge between many musical styles become a moody collage, which is amazing and another proof of his great musical spectrum.

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