Beguiled

Tim Story | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hearts of Space
• ASIN: B000000X5X
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,653 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quiet strength enforces mood masterpiece, January 9, 2004

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Brad Torgersen "Full-time nerd, part-time sol... (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beguiled (Audio CD)

Earlier Story, but no less intoxicating than albums like the perfect "Perfect Flaw". Slow, somewhat melancholy, entrancing. One of the best albums from Hearts of Space at the turn of the 1990's. Far and away. Favorite tracks include 'Her Cathedral' and 'These Few Words'. My wife and I have enjoyed this disc for many years. It's perfect for cloudy, cold mornings, when the mist is drifting and you're tucked away indoors, a cup of something hot in your hand and your eyes gazing out into the chilled, gray wilderness.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet magic, January 10, 2001

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Daniel R. Greenfield "Dan" (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beguiled (Audio CD)

Story's music might be more accurately described as psychological chamber music. It is intricately composed, well-thought-out, essentially indifferent as to how it might be perceived by the listener. It is music that speaks with a voice all its own: fragile and yet profound. It doesn't care what you may think of it. It exists in its own very personal and intimate space, and it invites you into that space to share in its mystery.

Every piece on this album is a finely chiselled work of art. The last two pieces, "Many Years Pass," and "The Luminous, The Dark", taken together form one of the most beautiful sequences of music that I've ever heard. The music ends by converging towards a gentle electronic pulse, and then returning into the silence and mystery from which it came, leaving the listener beguiled.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep Mood Music, August 10, 2002

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Jerry Fry (Freeman, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beguiled (Audio CD)

What can I say that the others haven't said already? Tim Story's music is beautiful, deep and touches the soul. I like every CD of Tim Story. Beguiled is one of his best. The songs that include cello by Martha Reikow are especially good. These songs age well too. I seem to hear them in a different way at every listening. I bought Beguiled in 1992, heard it a couple of times, put it on the shelf and forgot about it. When I got around to listening to it again in about 1998 it sounded so good I listened to over and over again. You have to have an appreciation for this type of music. My musical interests cover a wide scope. If you're stuck on a certain kind of other music you probably can't appreciate this. But anyone who is not stuck on hearing a certain kind of music all the time (tunnel hearing) can grow to appreciate the splendidness of Beguiled.