1000 Airplanes on the Roof [Import]

Philip Glass (Composer), Michael Riesman (Conductor), Linda Ronstadt (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Linda Ronstadt
• Conductor: Michael Riesman
• Composer: Philip Glass
• Audio CD (July 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Emd Int'l
• ASIN: B00000DR5Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,615 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #11 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Glass, Philip
  • #64 in Music > Dance & DJ > Techno > Minimal Techno
  • #82 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Languages > English

Track Listings

1. 1000 Airplane On The Roof

2. City Walk

3. Girlfriend

4. My Building Disappeared

5. Screens Of Memory

6. What Time Is Grey

7. Labyrinth

8. Return To The Hive

9. Three Truths

10. The Encounter

11. Grey Cloud Over New York

12. Where Have You Been Asked The Doctor

13. A Normal Man Running

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like Philip Glass - You want this CD, April 23, 1999

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Gregory W. May (Houston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Audio CD)

While this CD get's no press, I think it is another great work from Philip Glass. I find it to be a fast moving high-energy work. To give perspective some of my other favorite Philip Glass CD's are : Song's from Liquid Day's, Photographer, Hydrogen Jukebox, Kundun, Glassworks and Einstein on the Beach. If you like Philip Glass, you will like this CD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!, March 18, 2007

By 

John Gray Hunter Jr. "smartalex" (Wilmington, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Audio CD)

This is incidental music to a play, so it's all wordless [the voice of Linda Ronstadt being used as an instrument] and contained. It's Glass' take on a classic sci-fi score...his version of the original Star Trek theme. [that's why the electric keyboard sound...which is not "cheesy" but essential to the scale and mood of the piece] Sometimes dreamy, sometime frantic, it is full of invention and mood.
Great for driving!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1000 Airplanes: A Spacy Opera, November 22, 2003

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Hugh Hancock (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Audio CD)

I wasn't sure what to think of this album after listening to it a couple of times. I found myself enamored with Track 10, however, a very fast, powerful, maddening tune, and felt the need to go back and re-evaluate the entire album. I found that the album is quick, very thematic, thought-provoking. In fact, I didn't know anything about the theme of the album, but as I listened, I felt I was on the brink of insanity. As it happens, a friend of mine mentioned that the opera is just that--about someone who is a bit whacked. This album is a top five of mine. It's a bit spacy, edgy, crazy. Linda Ronstadt's out-of-this-world vocals are awesome. If you like Philip Glass, you'll love this album!