Open

Open Artist: Steve Hillage
Label: Blue Plate Caroline
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 017046167222
EAN: 0017046167222
ASIN: B000000HU6


Release Date: 1990-07-23

Open


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Tracks:

  1. Talking To The Sun
  2. 1988 Aktivatior
  3. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype)
  4. Healing Feeling
  5. Earthrise
  6. Open
  7. Definite Activity
  8. Getting Better
  9. Day After Day
  10. Getting In Tune
  11. Don't Dither Do It
  12. The Fire Inside

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Don't Dither, Do it........2006-11-01

I bought this in vinyl form back a long time ago. The innovative sleeve attracted me. The inner sleeeve allowed a variety of graphic configurations. At first the Moog intros annoyed me, but I stuck with it. Now it's one of my favorite albums.
It's really an atmospheric mood record, though the individual songs are rewarding. Worth the cost, if you are Open.

3 out of 5 stars 3 & 1/2 for Open.......2006-08-02

Well, Open certainly isn't Steve's worst stuff. And of course it's great to have "Talking to the Sun," "1988 Aktivatior," "New Age Synthesis" and "Healing Feeling" on CD. These are unquestionably the best tracks on the disc: groovin' psychedelic spaced out jams for neo-electrick gypsies. Of the other material, "Earthrise" is a killer middle-eastern influenced instrumental that reminds one instantly of "The Glorious Om Riff." "Definite Activity" and "Don't Dither Do It" are also pretty bouncy, as well as rocking pretty good. So, three and half stars for this one seems appropriate.

3 out of 5 stars good progressive music.......2005-09-17

thois is a typical sound of progressive music of '70 years. Hillage is a good guitar man.

3 out of 5 stars Open plus Studio Herald and a bonus track.......2002-05-31

When Steve Hillage's album collection was released on CD, it was done right. Albums were combined to make the full use of CD space. This CD is a combination of the original Open album, plus the studio side of Herald and one extra track. It is 65 minutes long.

The first four tracks on this ablum come from the album called Herald. Herald was originally a double LP. The first three sides were live, and the fourth side was studio material. The live material was released on a single CD called Live Herald. And the studio tracks are included here. The remaining tracks are the original Open album, except with the bonus track "Getting Better" placed in the middle.

The first four tracks (Studio Herald) are by far the best things on the album. These tracks are close to his best material, but not quite. They are lively and spacy.

The rest of the ablum is some of his weakest material. It is a combination of his spacy style, with pop and disco/new wave. It is as if he molded his music for the times and was trying to create a hit. It comes out boring and repetitive.

"Getting Better" is the Beatles song. Hillage's version is nothing special, and you wonder why he bothered. There must have been a law in England that you had to include a Beatles song on your albums. Nearly every major English group has covered a Beatles song, including Deep Purple and Yes.

Hillage's best studio albums are L and Green. And both of his live albums, Live Herald and BBC1 Concerts are fantastic. Search those out instead of this one.

5 out of 5 stars

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