Fairies Elves & Angels 1

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Spv U.S.
• ASIN: B00005K9GN
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #708,505 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Majesty [VNV Nation Remix] - Claire Voyant

2. Transvisions - Die Form

3. The Dance - Impressions Of Winter

4. Sinja - The Merlons

5. Wounded - Inkubus Sukkubus

6. Pale Blue Moon - Sophya

7. Stummes Gebet - Mantus

8. Our Last Show - Antichrisis

9. Immortal Reign - Dominion

10. Hymn Noir - In The Nursery

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Vidit Suum Delcem Natum - Ophelia's Dream

2. Dark Horizon - Dargaard

3. Repentance - Arcana

4. Like a Cannibal - Mila Mar

5. Orbis Mundi - Orbis Mundi

6. Idol With a Frame - Non Compos Mentis

7. Silent Memorial - In Strict Confidence

8. My Savior - Flesh Field

9. Alyâwm - Sarband

10. Le Desespoir - Other Day

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful compilation!, August 3, 2004

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mm (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fairies Elves & Angels 1 (Audio CD)

This is a diverse compilation of music ranging from ethereal to more gothic influenced melodic rock. The sound is electronically textured in many of these songs to beautiful effect, and the vocalists are almost all female. The various artists combined onto this set make for an excellent varied musical experience. My favorite song is 'Majesty' because of the beautiful vocals, but actually I haven't matched many of the other songs to their artists because this cd set is such an excellent compilation - I always listen to it start to finish, one disk after the other, without any breaks or pauses. Put it on whenever you want to relax or dream, and let the music carry you to old worlds.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Raise your flagon of ale and toast the women, January 5, 2002

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Scott Sweet "Music Freak" (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fairies Elves & Angels 1 (Audio CD)

Did you see the price for this? Dude!

Between these two CDs, there's some great music ranging from ethereal to Celtic to Middle Eastern to orchestra rock. Women are at the helm on all the songs. Some songs are more "goth" than others, but none of these ladies sound like Andrew Eldritch. That's probably a good thing.

Just like every compilation, there are clunkers among the gems. Still, there are enough really good songs to merit buying the whole thing. Disc 1, track 1 (Claire Voyant - "Majesty") and the last song on disc 2 (The Gathering - "Leaves (live)") are my two favorites. Start with a winner and end with a winner. Sarband's "Alyawm" is just plain hypnotic. "Majesty" is a beautiful, drifting techno-ballad. The Metropole Orchestra turns "Leaves" into the ultimate James Bond theme/gothic torch song.

Right now there's a big surge in compilations for gothic/darkwave/ethereal. It's cheaper for ten bands to throw in one song than for any one of them to record an album of their own. "Fairies, Elves & Angels vol. I" is likely as good as any of them. Now, of course, there's a volume II.

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent!, June 7, 2005

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Nathan Christian (Pitcairn, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fairies Elves & Angels 1 (Audio CD)

You can't find a better value than this beautiful 2 disc set. It is a real treasure, and if you can get part 2...do so!This is a dreamy, hypnotic introduction to bands you'll not see on MTV.

This is out of print and very hard to find, but worth your quest. The gothic label Projekt has this available for around twenty bucks new.