1492 Conquest of Paradise: Music of Vangelis

Vangelis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 1995)
• Label: Compact Club Records
• ASIN: B000005SQD
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #734,940 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Conquest of Paradise

2. Spiral

3. To the Unknown Man

4. Antarctica Echoes

5. Apocalypse des Animaux

6. China

7. Dervish D.

8. The Will of the Wind

9. Blade Runner

10. Missing (Main Theme)

11. I'll Find My Way Home

12. L' Opera Sauvage

13. Deliverance

14. West Across the Ocean Sea

15. Bitter Moon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware, March 23, 2002

By 

Richard Laven (Dumfries Scotland) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: 1492 Conquest of Paradise: Music of Vangelis (Audio CD)

This type of album is a problem with buying on the 'net. It's a 'carbon-copy' album by a group of electronic musicians which lacks the soul of Vangelis. In a real shop it would be sold in the bargain bins, on Amazon it's listed (and recommended) as a Vangelis album.
Sure the playing's not too bad, but when the originals are out there and easily available from this store, there's no need to waste your money

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Close-but not the real thing, January 19, 2000

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"txeba" (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1492 Conquest of Paradise: Music of Vangelis (Audio CD)

This CD, as the customer's review before mine rightly points out, is not performed by Vangelis but rather by Space 2000. Some of the rendidtions are almost identical to the originals, but still falter somehow-the lack they soul of their creator. Some tracks are well produced such as "Bittermoon," "West Across the Ocean Sea" and "Echoes of Antarctica, whereas the rendition of "Blade Runner" is laughable. If you're a big Vangelis fan, this CD is worth having, even if only to compare renditions.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Why???, July 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 1492 Conquest of Paradise: Music of Vangelis (Audio CD)

This is completely copied album of Vangelis. I was really disappointed. Why did they release this kind of nonsense album? I thought this was made by Vangelis himself, when I bought from HMV. After I listened, I realized "Hey, this is something funny, this ain't Vangelis who I have known." And I saw the linernotes,Space 2000?. "Who is this?" I can tell that there is no soul as original Vangelis did. Every songs were seemed like programed by computers(sequencers). There is no human touch. Why did Vangelis let them release this album? Why?