Das Hohelied Salomos

Popol Vuh

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spv U.S.
• ASIN: B0009A6N7A
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,513 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Digipak reissue of 1975 album for the legendary German electronic band. Popol Vuh emerged from the Krautrock movement and was the first German band to employ the Moog Synthesizer. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'In den Nachten auf den Gassen III', 'Schon bist Du vor Menschensohnen' (alternate session) & 'Mitten im Garten' (alternative piano version). SPV. 2005.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Weil Kommt Der Winter Immer Wieder, March 11, 2008

By	Mark Champion "autumnfair" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Winter music. Not that it's cold and impenetrable; far from it. Only that it evokes for me the beauty of chill and wind and twilight. But then again, I live in south Texas. The lyrics, by the way (in German, natch), are based on the Song Of Solomon and sung by Djong Yun who graced several Popol Vuh works. And apart from Daniel Fichelscher's electric guitar leads (he of Amon Duul II) which are sometimes spidery and double-tracked, it's completely acoustic. RIP Florian.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Song of Solomon, November 15, 2007

By	Michael K. Warren (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Popol Vuh's DAS HOHELIED SALOMOS, based on the Song of Solomon from the Old Testament, has the usual spiritual/mystical feel of other Popol Vuh work, with it's shimmering guitars and cymbals, and the pretty vocals from Djong Yun. There's a bit of sitar as well. Florian Fricke's piano isn't always prominant but most of the pieces feel like they're built around it.

Things get off to a pretty powerful start with STEH AUF, ZIEH MICH DIR NACH booming through the speakers, and eventually there's some bluesy lead guitar work toward the end of the track. I've used the word shimmering already, but a lot of the album has a shimmering quality, although it lacks some of the hypnotic effect of other Popol Vuh music. It's still worth owning and listening to often.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention the bonus tracks. They're really quite good. The first is your basic and energetic Popol Vuh song, but it's short and sweet. It's followed by a neat little jam that's just piano and drums. MITTEN IM GARTEN almost sounds like a demo and it's just Fricke on piano with occasional metallic strumming (sounds like it's the strings above the fretboard) from Ficheslcher. It's very peaceful.

There are some problems with the quality of the SPV recording, which seems to be the case with all of their Popol Vuh releases. They sometimes sound like they aren't really remastered (although to tell the truth I don't have any other recordings to make a real comparison, but reviews of other albums have mentioned this). There are a couple of songs that suddenly cut off when they're fading out (probably not noticeable at a moderate volume). The liner notes have nice tributes to the late Florian Fricke, but it would've been nice to have some album specific notes (there seem to be two types of booklets: one for the Werner Herzog soundtracks and one for the rest of the albums), and perhaps artwork reproductions besides the front of the cover. Gripes aside, I'm glad I have this CD.