Deep Blue Underneath

Robert Muller | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 16, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sirius Music Company
• ASIN: B00004YUFI
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694,641 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Favorite Time of Year

2. Ten

3. Small Town Dreams

4. I Know You

5. Big Star

6. Every Little Mystery

7. Always

8. Just So Happens

9. Secrets

10. Pale Yellow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An evolving emotional landscape, September 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Deep Blue Underneath (Audio CD)

Every now and then you learn of a new artist, or one of your favorite popular artists puts out a new recording that just floors you. You play it the first time and it sounds familiar, you play it again and you discover that what sounded familiar the first time is more complex than you originally experienced.

At least once a year I go over my "lost on a desert island top 10 list" of recordings, you know the ones you couldn't live without or at least the ones you could stand playing over and over if forced to limit your collection for an extended time. My list changes each time I play the game in my mind, but the artists rarely do: The Beatles Abbey Road or Revolver, anything by Pat Metheny (Letter From Home right now), Dave Matthews, Motzart, Clapton, Sting, Gin Blossoms, 3rd Eye Blind, Acoustic Alchemy, maybe some Windham Hill artists - why isn't this on Windham Hill?

This CD by Muller, well it's one to be listened to as if you were reading a great book, or watching a good movie. Actively engaged. You can literally watch the music unfold in front of your minds eye, the songs attaching themselves to emotional muscles you didn't know you had - certainly not ones that have seen exercise in a while. Like a well executed military campaign you'll succumb to this music's ethereal embrace, unable to point at any one specific point or song. It just somehow always has you. It's familiar, but this CD has a Chameleon-like capablity about it. It adapts to your own ever evolving emotional landscape. Listen to this when you've had a bad day, then listen again when everything is going your way and you'll get what I mean.

I give the recording 4 stars, the production 5 and have added it to the top 10 list of desert recordings. Musicians must get there hands on a copy for their private collections. There are hooks in there that will make you say to yourself, "I wish I had written that!" I have a feeling someday we'll all be borrowing from this talented artist. I'm sending out copies to friends for gifts this Holiday season.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Emotional, September 27, 2000

By 

Lauren Hollings (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Blue Underneath (Audio CD)

Robert Muller's new album is amazingly emotional. The music and lyrics are a rollercoaster ride. From the simple pleasure of "My Favorite Time of Year" and warm reflection of "Small Town Dreams" to the tortured and quite dark "Ten" and "Always" you know what he was really feeling; and I could relate to all of them. While his lyrics tend to be a bit ethereal and open, the music does a great job of explaining more of what he wants to say. This way of writing tends to make you think about you rather than the artist, and how simple things can bring you joy or absolute torment. This is a beautiful album and I give it my highest recommendation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Debut, September 21, 2000

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Josh Alexander (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Blue Underneath (Audio CD)

Robert Muller seems to have a knack for writing sophisticated pop songs that stick in your head. I've been humming the song "Small Town Dream" since I first heard it the other day. Now that I've listened to the whole album a few more times, other songs like "Ten" and "My Favorite Time of Year" are bouncing around the inside of my noggin too. This album has loads of great music and lyrics that leave you wondering a little; not only what they mean, but what space this artist was in when he wrote them. Van Gogh painted flowers, but why he painted them and the way he painted them spoke of his genius. Is Mr. Muller a genius? Let's hope he's not a one disk wonder so we can find out. JA