Complete

Complete Artist: National Health
Label: East Side Digital
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 021561804029
EAN: 0021561804029
ASIN: B000000PLF


Release Date: 1990-08-20

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Tracks:

  1. Paracelsus
  2. Tenemos Roads
  3. Brujo
  4. Borogoves
  5. Borogoves (Part One)
  6. Elephants
  7. The Bryden 2 Step (For Amphibians) Part 1
  8. The Collapso
  9. Squarer For Maud

Tracks:

  1. Dreams Wide Awake
  2. Binoculars
  3. Phlakaton
  4. The Bryden 2 Step
  5. The Apocalypso
  6. Portrait Of A Shrinking Man
  7. T.N.T.F.X
  8. Black Hat
  9. I Feel A Night Coming On
  10. Arriving Twice
  11. Shinning Water
  12. Tales Of A Damson Knight
  13. Flanagan's People
  14. Toad Of Toad Hall

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Some of the best music ever recorded.......2005-03-25

It's a shame to see that this disc is no longer available because National Health recorded some of the best progressive rock music ever. Their sound is truly unique, and to this day no band on this planet is creating music of this caliber. This music is not for the timid or those who don't care for intense compositions or long instrumentals with intricate time changes.

These discs include all three studio Health releases, a few bonus tracks, and humorous liner notes written by Dave Stewart that describe the rise and fall of the band. If you like progressive rock/jazz fusion this is highly recommended and should be required listening. Also, check out Hatfield and the North.

5 out of 5 stars Swan Song For A Great Era.......2004-06-04

National Health's music seems like a farewell to a lost age. At the end of the 70's, when progressive rock has been stifled to death by the greedy music industry, NH (along with U.K. and perhaps one or two others) was the only remaining true progressive band and have put together all that was great about the music of the past decade into their two or three studio albums. Intricate compositions, complex yet uncluttered arrangements, impossible time signatures, delicate interludes, tight, focused soloing, elements of Canterbury, Symphonic, Classical and Fusion all happily coexist on these recordings. Augmented by a delightlul female three-part chorus and wind instruments, the recordings often have the feel of chamber music and a certain playful surrealism. I like to think of NH as the highest evolution of the Canterbury sound, which builds on (and surpasses) the genuis of bands like Caravan, Egg and Hatfield And The North. This is pure progressive rock at its most sophisticated, minus the pomp.

Get the original albums if you can find them, and if not - this complilation will do just fine. No serious progressive rock collector should be without these essential recordings, which along with U.K.'s two releases close out the decade on a positive note.

5 out of 5 stars The Swan Song Of The Progressive Era.......2004-06-02

National Health music seems like a farewell to a lost age. At the end of the 70's, when progressive rock has been stifled to death by the greedy music industry, NH (along with U.K. and perhps one or two others) were the only true remaining progressive band and have put together all that was great about the music of the past decade into their two studio albums. Intricate compositions, complex arrangements, impossible meters, delicate interludes, tight, focused soloing, elements of Canterbury, Symphonic, Classical and Fusion are all present on these recordings. Supplemented by a delightlul female three-part chorus and wind instruments, the recordings often have the feel of chamber music and a certain playfulness.

No serious progressive rock collector should be without these essential recordings, which along with U.K.'s two releases, close out the decade on a positive note.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely INTELLIGENT Music.......2004-04-11

Two cds of unearthly compositions with each disc nearing the 80 minute limit. What more can you ask for!!! The music is too complex to describe. Ive played this over and over and it seems I discover new sounds. The exploration and discovery is endless. I just hope they keep on manufacturing this cd because its been out of stock lately and quite hard to find. My buddies have been searching for it in futility so I am compelled to hide my copy in a secured vault, so that's how much sought after this set really is.Dont just dip your toe into it, swim totally and be immersed.

5 out of 5 stars

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