Darkness Visible

Virginia Wagner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Anvil Records
• ASIN: B000OYCK0A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Same

2. Corridor of Time

3. Carry Me Away

4. Living in Eden

5. Stand Back

6. Left-Handed Moon

7. The Price That Love Would Pay

8. Sicilian Sun

9. Time Can Stand Still

10. North Lake

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative, Rich with Meaning, May 17, 2007

By 

M. Hulsebos - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Darkness Visible (Audio CD)

I found myself spontaneously flowing with Virginia Wagner's songs on Darkness Visible. "Carry Me Away" was with me for hours afterward - I think it's my favorite; so much feeling in her voice. I found that to be true of all of them. If I were to use one word to describe them it would be evocative. The lyrics in all the songs are rich with meaning. "The Same" is captivating, and I really like the guitar technique; it's probably my second favorite. I like "Stand Back" for it's subtle cadence and a powerful recurring punctuation with the the words "stand back". And I love the quality of her voice in "Time Can Stand Still" - it's angelic. A work of art.

5.0 out of 5 stars No one else can sing the darkness so beautifully, December 24, 2010

By 

megan latebird - See all my reviews

This review is from: Darkness Visible (Audio CD)

I purchased both Virginia Wagner's CDs (Broken Hearted Angel and Darkness Visible) several years ago, and since that time they have never left my CD player. I will try listening to other music from time to time, but sooner than later I come back to hers and find that it is like coming home.

As with her previous album (Broken Hearted Angel), the songs on this album are beautifully written poems--you will find no covers here. Virginia Wagner's exquisite voice--accompanied by her flawless acoustic guitar and, on one track, Charlie Elgart's piano--lends itself perfectly to the poetry of her lyrics. The songs are finely balanced, with the instrumentation never overwhelming the vocals. Each one is a narrative poem that renders the darkness visible, or, to put it less poetically, sheds light on the darkness. What is revealed when the darkness is made visible is not always pretty, but neither is it always what one expects.

Despite the sometimes dark content of the lyrics, the music here is always beautiful--achingly so.

If you like beautiful music and exquisitely rendered poetry, you will like this CD. You may also want to check out her first album: Broken Hearted Angel. Rumor has it that a third is in the making. I can only hope that Virginia doesn't keep us waiting too long.