Customer Reviews

From the Discworld

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I'm a big discworld fan and a so-so ambient music fan--this album fell into the second category. If you're the "buy everything with Pratchett on it!!!!!" sort, this is *almost* a must-have. If you just enjoy the books, don't bother. I've almost given this one away twice now. I did enjoy the "Stick and Bucket Dance," which was clever and well-executed, and thought "Wizard's Staff" was a good modern folk song, though it could have used a bit more innuendo. Try and find a few of the songs and listen before you buy this one--it's not what you're thinking.

What's wrong with these people? The Stepford children? If you can't see the difference between "background" music and music created for listening (as in "paying attention") then there's no hope for you guys.

On to the review: Greenslade is an outstanding musician and that is fairly obvious on some tracks, particularly the "orchestral" ones. Even on the lighter, more humorous numbers (e.g. Wizard's Staff) his talent shines through. "Small Gods" and "Wyrd Sisters" are simply great, really atmospheric and involving.

If you like music with more than 3 chords and intelligent, skillful arrangements then give this one a chance. And if on top of that you're into Discworld then I think you'll like Greenslade's interpretation of Terry Pratchett's work.

All the music ever mentioned in the books from the 'Wizards Stuff' to the 'Bucket and Stick'. With music from the shades, and the clickys. Pitty the hedgehog song isn't included!!!!!

Forget the rock cds Colosseum.
This is a great Greenslade solo in the trail of masters like Rick Wakeman, Vangelis, Mannheim Steamroller. Is it a "post-rock opera" or a new age suite? I know only that the cd is wonderfull.

I do enjoy ambiant and energy music so this wasn't too bad in my mind. My real complaint is with an animated serial made of Soul Music why they couldn't have done a proper job and put some of Imp Y Cellan's songs on it. Those were brilliantly performed in and completely lost to most everyone who had missed out watching the series. At least it's available on dvd. Of course it's also missing the acclaimed and famous Hedgehog song but it was still enjoyable.

Greenslade has done a great work with this CD, and the songs go perfect with the books, but I'm disappointed he doesn't sing more. Only 2 or 3 songs are vocal, the others are just instrumental. But "The Shades of Ankh-Morpork" is very good, and "Stick and Bucket Dance" rocks! I slightly miss The Hedgehos Song, but I have it on my computer... That's a song that really rocks!
Good album...

OK so it doesn't have the hedgehog song but it is an excelent inturpitation of the discworld. i played it while reading pyrimids and it enhanced the experiance. sure i would not listen to it all the time but it is worth having just to get all of discworld yo can experiance. a definat must for atrue pratchett fan

there's a reason i gave this cd 3 stars. it almost feels unfair to have done so because the music is actually quite good and the recording is well done. i just feel that i was in some way mislead. considering the content of the discworld novels (of which i am a monstrously huge fan) i guess i expected this cd to be funny. if not funny, maybe a collection of rock or pop music with lyrics about the disc. don't be fooled!!! there are no words, save for an introduction. if you can get past that, however, the music is actually not bad. it's kind of orchestral, synthesizer, new-agey. in essence, background music. if there was something going on and this was in the background i'd say "phwaar...not bad" but who listens to background music by itself?

As much as I love the Discworld series, this CD was a disappointment. In two words, Theme music. I think that best was the Wizards Staff has a knob on the end but even that was over orchastrated.

I gave this CD 2 stars, only because I cannot in good concience give anything Diskworld only 1 star. The CD is only occasionally amusing, and only slightly even then; I got a biggger chuckle reading the title of "A wizards staff..." than actually listening to it. "Stick and bucket dance" is reasonably catchy, but the rest of the CD is an awkward blending of Electronic and Folk music, and almost entirely "Ambient" style background music. If you love Tangerine Dream, and old '70s psycadelic concept albums, maybe you will enjoy this, otherwise I'd expect this to be a CD you will listen to once, and put on your shelf.