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Track Listings
| 1. First Light |
| 2. Steal Away |
| 3. The Plateaux Of Mirror |
| 4. Above Chiangmai |
| 5. An Arc Of Doves |
| 6. Not Yet Remembered |
| 7. The Chill Air |
| 8. Among Fields Of Crystal |
| 9. Wind In Lonely Fences |
| 10. Failing Light |
Editorial Reviews
The transfer from the Original Masters has been undertaken with great care by Simon Heyworth. All four albums have been Mastered using 'Class A' Analogue Electronics combined with the best Analogue to Digital conversion. No attempt has been made to re-equalize, remix or in any way tamper with or alter the original EQ'ed analogue production masters. These are the Original Masters as Brian Eno intended them to be heard.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
67 of 72 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Rarely do I ever give an item on my reviews 5 stars. This review may not even be read as this album is a lost treasure. I just have to say, I don't know what it is that this album does to me. It puts me into some very, very calm zoned out mode. I can't explain it, maybe this is how people feel after serious meditation and yoga. Just so relaxing and mellow. Honestly, my stress and worry are put aside when I put this CD in. I just can't put into words the mood/zone it puts me in, almost a spiritual feeling. Odd that music can do that huh? Especially these 3 songs on this CD make me feel like I just popped a valium: Not Yet Remembered, First Light, Failing Light.
When I need to balance out my thoughts, return to my inner peace. I play this CD. WHich has to be my all time favorite CD. It even makes my mean cat sit down and stretch out and close his eyes (honest). Picture yourself on a fall day, it is dreary and overcast, there is a breeze, leaves blowing past you, and you are sitting on the edge of water, like a river or lake, and feel this incredible sense of well being ..If you check it out, just remember it is ambience and instrumental.
When I need to balance out my thoughts, return to my inner peace. I play this CD. WHich has to be my all time favorite CD. It even makes my mean cat sit down and stretch out and close his eyes (honest). Picture yourself on a fall day, it is dreary and overcast, there is a breeze, leaves blowing past you, and you are sitting on the edge of water, like a river or lake, and feel this incredible sense of well being ..If you check it out, just remember it is ambience and instrumental.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
By 1980, Brian Eno had found his own voice and had his technique firmly in grasp. Having spent the better part of the '70s developing looping mechanisms and then laying the groundwork for ambient music with historic recordings such as "No Pussyfooting" (a collaboration with Robert Fripp), "Discreet Music", and "Music For Airports" and fusing these ideas with David Bowie's paranoid idiom (on Bowie's Berlin trilogy, amongst the most powerful music Bowie has ever done), Eno was at the height of his powers. It is into this regard that "The Plateaux of Mirror" was recorded. A collaboration with minimalist composer and pianist Harold Budd, this record is quite different from the rest.
What Budd provides is a stronger sense of evocative composition than Eno does-- this frees Eno to focus on technical details and technique. The result: a melancholy sort of record filled with moody interludes and tracks. Its far more theme-driven and less loop-driven than Eno's previous or contemporary work. This lends itself well to listeners who aren't really overly enamored with the idea of loop-based music. The work is particularly superb on the melancholy "First Light", the dark "Not Yet Remembered", and the noisy and mysterious "Wind in Lonely Places".
If there's a fault with this record, its that it has a bit of a sameness to it that prevents it from really shining, but its some beautiful music, and a great entry point into the catalogs of either Eno or the lesser known (but often equally brilliant) Budd.
What Budd provides is a stronger sense of evocative composition than Eno does-- this frees Eno to focus on technical details and technique. The result: a melancholy sort of record filled with moody interludes and tracks. Its far more theme-driven and less loop-driven than Eno's previous or contemporary work. This lends itself well to listeners who aren't really overly enamored with the idea of loop-based music. The work is particularly superb on the melancholy "First Light", the dark "Not Yet Remembered", and the noisy and mysterious "Wind in Lonely Places".
If there's a fault with this record, its that it has a bit of a sameness to it that prevents it from really shining, but its some beautiful music, and a great entry point into the catalogs of either Eno or the lesser known (but often equally brilliant) Budd.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
My dad first turned me onto Brian Eno. I bought "Here Come the Warm Jets" and loved it. After that I decided to start acquiring more of his discography. I was quite suprised when I bought this cd and stumbled into his ambient phase. Well, let me tell you, it was quite different from his past forays of loud guitars, electronic treatments, and quirky neurotic vocals that I had been accustomed to. Yet, the change in direction was in no way lacking from the quality that I had herd on his past records. It was just a different genre.
I can't really describe ambient music so I will simply use Brian Eno's own words "background music that is herd over the tinkling of forks and knives". It's definitely intersting but you have to be in a peaceful state to appreciate it. I have often found the best way to enjoy this cd is to put in on in a dark room and lay down. When you are calm you can appreciate the slow crawling pianos, soft noises, and slow building crescendos and waves of sound.
This may not exactly be your cup of tea, but if you are into trying something different I say give it a shot. I did and I really enjoyed it. Of his ambient pieces this is probably my favorite with "The Pearl" as a close runner up.
I can't really describe ambient music so I will simply use Brian Eno's own words "background music that is herd over the tinkling of forks and knives". It's definitely intersting but you have to be in a peaceful state to appreciate it. I have often found the best way to enjoy this cd is to put in on in a dark room and lay down. When you are calm you can appreciate the slow crawling pianos, soft noises, and slow building crescendos and waves of sound.
This may not exactly be your cup of tea, but if you are into trying something different I say give it a shot. I did and I really enjoyed it. Of his ambient pieces this is probably my favorite with "The Pearl" as a close runner up.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tried and True
I had used this recording for over 20 years in my health practice. It is just relaxing and soothing and non-invasive.
Published 29 days ago by bonnie bennett
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice
Nice Sunday morning selection or anytime you want quiet contemplation. Brian Eno adds ambient production values that he's been known for.
Published 3 months ago by Gary A. Richardson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning beauty
Of the four albums in the Brian Eno canon that are specifically labeled "ambient," this one may be the most beautiful. Read more
Published 10 months ago by maelje
3.0 out of 5 stars
No Thanks for the Valium
I generally feel about New Age music the way I feel about cotton candy: no substance and the only taste is sugar. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ronald Gold
5.0 out of 5 stars
Floating in space
Probably my favorite of Eno's ambient music albums. The notes seem to hover over wide open landscape and be filled with beauty and emotion.
Published 18 months ago by Mo LaMancha
5.0 out of 5 stars
Aural bliss!
I actually like this better than Ambient 1: Music for Airports. The Eno/Budd partnership is just brilliant and this (along with The Pearl) is a perfect CD to unwind the day with. Read more
Published on July 16, 2010 by Ben
5.0 out of 5 stars
Budd + Eno, an unbeatable combination
I've been a fan of Brian Eno throughout his entire career, from Roxy Music to the present. I remember his story about creating "ambient" music on the vinyl album "Discreet Music"... Read more
Published on February 25, 2010 by Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most beautiful of the Ambient Series--shimmers softly
"Plateaux" is described as having a quality as if "two people decided to suddenly speak a new language made up of coherent sounds but with no pre-existing grammar. Read more
Published on February 10, 2010 by Joanna Daneman
5.0 out of 5 stars
AMBIENT MASTERPIECE
I sampled this c.d. first and then purchased it on Amazon. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror is quite simply an Ambient MASTERPIECE. Beginning to end. Read more
Published on December 3, 2009 by DAVID HALL
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pleased, I am
Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
I had this music on an LP when I lived in San Francisco years ago. Read more
I had this music on an LP when I lived in San Francisco years ago. Read more
Published on March 20, 2009 by Avatar2000
