Indigo

Patrick O'Hearn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Private Music/BMG
• ASIN: B0000000KM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,110 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Devil's Lake

2. Sacrifice

3. Coba

4. Upon the Wings of Night

5. Sacred Heart

6. The Beauty Within

7. Desire

8. The Ringmaster's Dream

9. España

Editorial Reviews

9 tracks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless and transcending classic work of art!, October 5, 2004

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Distant Voyageur "Nicholas Computer" (Io) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indigo (Audio CD)

This is one of P.O.'s most brilliant magical landmark albums to date. This is a complete departure from the sunny daytime feel of El Dorado and Rivers Gonna Rise. This is a very dark and more midievel sounding recoed that shatters new grounds in his music and is one of his strongest albums to date.

Devils Lake is a very scary sounding song with echoing pianos and a very ominous sound. At 3:56 some electronic percussion and some rhythm comes in giving a feel of traveling through space towards a glowing cluster of stars. Sacrifice is a haunting track with very dark tingling synths for about the first 3 and a half minutes. At about 2:40 drums come in and real add on to the song. The horns are beatiful. When I close my eyes when listening to this song I could imagine being out in the forest in the dead of night and then all of a sudden a green glowing, wide-eyed warrior ghost on a chariot coming out of the background being pulled by horses. Coba is beyond what words can say alone. It's a very frightening song with echoing drums and very nighttime synths. I love the intense bridge with strong synths from 2:18 to 3:00. It then ends with the ambient synths continuing. This is my favorite song on this album. Upon The Wings Of Night is what the title says. It's a most ambient song with trumpets but they really sound great.Sacret Heart is another beautiful but a tad bit brighter but still dark and spacey. The Beauty Within is another beatiful but with echoing pianos but at the last 30 seconds the pianos give away to pulsating synths and fade out. What an amazing song. Desire is absolutely magical. It starts out with dazzling synths. Then some drums come in. This is one of the best songs on this album. Ringmasters Dream is very unique. It starts off as an ambient track but then later it gradually morphs into a sort of orchestraesque song and then fades into carnival sounds at the ending. Espana is a truly magical closing track to this CD. It a very peaceful with a truly melancholy feel. A great closer to this CD.

This is one of Mr. O'Hearns strongest albums to date. It's so much different from his earlier works and paved the way for his more midievel sounding material works afterwards. This is an essential recoeding for fans of Patrick O'Hearn and all New Age lovers.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best, October 19, 2003

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C. Harris (Simi Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indigo (Audio CD)

Ok, let me start by saying I'm not particularly fond of Between two worlds, rivers gonna rise, or eldorado. On the other hand I can't get enough of the soundscapes he returned to with this disk and apparently will stay with from here on.

Indigo was the record that made me an ohearn fan back in the mid 90's. This record has certainly spent significantly more time in my cdplayer than any other over the years. I can't seem to wear it out.

This is dark (but pretty) ambient with frequent interludes of what by new age standards are fairly violent tribal druming.

Until So flows the current (his best) came out a couple years back, this stood as the record with the most sophisticated and complete tracks. More layers, better production.

if you like O'hearn, this album is a must have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still listen to it time and again, after 11 years, April 12, 2004

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vasavadutta (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indigo (Audio CD)

O'Hearn is a magical composer. I don't know music well enough to give you technical keywords, but I can tell you that it is nothing short of brilliant, and nearly timeless. The tune of in 'Espana', especially, has haunted me over the years, combining elements of nostalgia, solitude, and taking you away from the present happenings... it slows you down to freeze on a larger perspective; In 'Coba', 'Sacred Heart', and 'Upon the wings..' you will find a tremendouly up-beat swing, a strong rhythmic pulse with enchanting tunes. I fell in love with this album at once.