The City

Vangelis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 2009)
• Original Release Date: May 14, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• Run Time: 43 minutes
• ASIN: B000002IQY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,680 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grossly under-rated, June 27, 2002

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REMUS NASUI (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The City (Audio CD)

I have read a great number of reviews contributed towards the music of Vangelis, varying in depth and understanding of what Vangelis creates. I am not just a fan of Vangelis, I am a fanatic one might say. I listen to at least one Vangelis album per day. I love L'Apocalypse ..., Oceanic, Bladerunner, Soil Festivities, Mythodea, El Greco (which I often use to study), 1492, Opera SAuvage, China, Voices, etc to name only some of his works at my disposal. As my financial possibilities grow I hope to extend my 13 album Vangelis collection.

Upon reading the reviews for this particular album I was astonished at how poorly they compare to other albums, particularly since this album ranks first (tied with L'Apocalypse and Bladerunner) in my opinion, possibly even surpassing Bladerunner.

I think that the music of Vangelis cannot be sampled to extract one hit because it flows in a continuum. So far in my experience, no album of Vangelis can be appreciated unless listened to, from its beginning to its completion. And in this regard THE CITY is phenomenal. Listening to this album with surround sound literally takes the listener for a joyride through a city. But this joyride is classic Vangelis in nature. It is deep, mysterious, with class, flowing with human passion and exhuberance.

I believe that no artist has come to express the human thirst for the unknown, for the mystical, for the universe as well as this pioneer of keyboarding music. He is simply genial, beyond words .... in fact, I already wrote too much ... useless .... listen to the album (from the beginning to the end) and you will convince yourself of all I have said!

I hope you will enjoy it at least half as much as I have for the last 3 years.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars what a weird coincidence!, December 31, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The City (Audio CD)

The City is an interesting and ambient album from one of my favorite "weird" artists- Vangelis. I guarantee you, after three minutes, it will become the weirdest fun you'll have listening to new age since enya's cd Watermark! It is also,at times, an extremely emotional and mystical piece of artwork. More than once I wondered how Vangelis read all our minds with tracks like Morning Papers or Good To See You. VANGELIS one of a treasured few artists who creates music that seems to create not only a state of mind, but a striking mental image! Many people misinterpret this album as tour of a city of the future. I can see where they are coming from, but I will always The City as a mystical journey through a city of the present. But alas, this cd does have some lemon juice in it. The cool-as-ice song called Nerve Centre is over and done with too fast, and right when it's becoming more wildly exciting and dazzling than before! Also, Good To See You and Dawn are a little lengthy; they spend too much time gathering up speed and don't shimmer enough to deliver Vangelis' best work. Also, even though Roman Polanski has a great voice, sometimes I feel Vangelis romantisized the tracks too much by adding sound effects along with his music. The effects are not really necessary in many of the songs. Overall, I highly reccommend this album, even though I'll always treasure Antarctica as Vangelis' best comfort food, Direct as his best far fetched rock opera, and Opera Sauvage and China as his best tone poems. Yee-ha!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Noirish, Atmospheric, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The City (Audio CD)

Am told that this is the result of a trip to Rome, but without knowing that, this is easily the city of the "Blade Runner" future, where towering skyscrapers exist next to run down slums. A city that never sleeps. Perfect for reading William Gibson to. See also Trisomie 21 : Plays the Pictures