Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B0009A6MTE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,850 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jumpin' Jack Flash

2. Snow Flower

3. Light My Fire

4. Mamata [Affection]

5. Metamorphosis

6. Sagar [The Ocean]

7. Dance Indra

8. Raghupati

Editorial Reviews

The legendary 1970 Reprise record from Ananda Shankar, one of the first recordings to fuse Eastern and Western musical forms! Shankar came by his artistic innovation honestly; both his parents were renowned dancers and his uncle was Ravi Shankar, and here he explores the connection between Indian and psychedelic music with the use of sitar, tabla and moog, not to mention covers of the Stones’ Jumpin’ Jack Flash and the Doors’ Light My Fire!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sitar Meets Rock, February 26, 2006

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Wayne Hutchison "medit8a" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ananda Shankar (Audio CD)

If you have ever thought that western and Indian music would sound fantastic together, this is the album to listen to. Ananda Shankar blends sitar, guitar, bass, electronics seamlessly in these tunes from the beat generation and from his homeland. A smooth sitar replaces the voice, while western instruments provide backings to rival the best beats and sounds of the time. Ananda's musical heritage (he is Ravi Shankar's nephew) is evident in the snappy arrangements and the many exotic sounds. Moving off planet Earth recently, let's hope he's in the best gig in the sky. Although there are a few imitators, this is the one you'll think of as how fusion should be written.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sick old school indian sitar funk hop, January 26, 2006

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The Tippy Ninja "Pogo" (Trenton, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ananda Shankar (Audio CD)

this is a really cool funky and naturally transcendental album. the sitar playing is beautiful and even very fast and complex at times funkying it up throughout the whole album, Ananda Shankar is a unique master of this instrument playing with immense feeling and originality. the rest of the musicians are really sick too, the drums and bass are really tight. it seems they were all immensely feeling these songs during recording. very creative album, and i love the last track when the Indian singing choir comes on for the ride to make an epic ending to close the album with. sick electric indian funk!

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy, if you ever come to this page, August 28, 2010

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VJ - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Ananda Shankar (Audio CD)

This was one of my childhood favorites. The citar fusion with western is just magical and mesmerising.Happy to have stumbled on it here.Don't even give a second thot. Just buy this. This should be a part of every music lover's collection.