Changing Hands [Original recording reissued]

Jansen/Barbieri | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: United States Dist
• ASIN: B0000BWVOZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,217,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sun Trap in the Sea

2. Subtle Bodies

3. At Eleven

4. Spaced

5. Empty Orchestra

6. The Children Gathering Around the Lake

7. Memory and Listening

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jansen / Barbieri / Takemura / Japan CD, January 22, 2009

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Roberto Caroli "Roberto Caroli" (Toulouse, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Changing Hands (Audio CD)

I already owned the whole UK Medium Production catalogue, (15 CDs) including Jansen/Barbieri/Takemura's "Changing Hands" (MPCD6).
This was an alternative label run from former Japan's members: Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri and Mick Karn.

I bought this CD - which was actually firstly issued in Japan the 15th July 1997 - since it features a Takemura's nice Remix of "At Eleven" as track #7, instead of the UK "Memory and Listening".

After listening, I discovered that track #3 ("regular" edit of "At Eleven") also differs from the UK version. It was mixed by Nobukazu Takemura as well, instead of Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri.
This is an actual alternative edit, thus making this CD even more interesting both from a listener' and a collector's point of view.

For JBK followers: highly recommended! A part from the OBI strip a small colour artwork sheet is also included, not in the UK version.

NB: Watch out! Pay cheap for a OBI-less second hand item: CD is still printed and available in Japan!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moderno y Muy Agradable, July 24, 2000

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Maximo Enrique Barreiro (Capifal Federal Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Changing Hands (Audio CD)

Los trabajos de Jansen Barbieri, y Karn a veces, son todos recomendables y de una calidad muy pareja y buena, y exelentemente producidos. Estos ex-integrantes de Japan han seguido haciendo una musica de muy buenos, sencillos y agradables arreglos, y con los aportes de Takemura han logrado este exelente CD, con "toques" casi Ambient por momentos, sin caer en el "ruido-sin-sentido", que demuestra que todavia gozan de lo que hoy dia NO es muy comun, que es el Buen Gusto. Recomiendo ampliamente este CD a todos los que habitualmente escuchan musica sencilla pero compleja en su construccion, instrumental, bien producida y sampleada, al estilo Sylvian, Massive Attack, algo de Triqui, algo de Eno, Etc. Unico defecto: nadie canta, sino le pondria 5 estrellas. Si fuera Sylvian, 10 estrellas.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definetly a Sunday album...., April 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Changing Hands (Audio CD)

An eclectic mix of Global Communication-esque ambience, jazzy noodling, laid back beats, and a pinch of squidgyness make an ideal Sunday album for those who like a good lie in. Imagine Nils Petter Moiver, but replace the trumpet with spacey Brian Eno textures.