The Lord Of The Rings [Import]

Bo Hansson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 30, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 1970
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: VIRGIN
• ASIN: B00005YUBE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,519 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #44 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Sweden
  • #89 in Music > Imports > Soundtracks

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The Lord Of The Rings by Bo Hansson

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Romantic Time-Space Fairie Gala, June 26, 2002

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L. S. Slaughter "silvanus" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord Of The Rings (Audio CD)

I'm am SO glad this classic piece of dreamy, ecstatic psychedelia made it back to CD format. This is magical, otherworldy music from Swedish keyboard genius Bo Hannson, who once played with Jimi Hendrix back in the Day. A rock-jazz-space ensemble augments it all with searing guitar, occassional sax and reeds, and great percussion.

I play this CD and "Magician's Hat" frequently, and every five years or so I get caught in a groove where neither leaves my player for weeks or months. This is the ORIGINAL TRANCE MUSIC, but not with boring loops and noodling by new age hucksters or second-gen Moby-ites. Hansson fuses jazz and space prog-rock into his distinctive brew, and decades later, I've yet to hear anything like what he has conjured.

Yes, it is "woodsy", bucolic, sylvan, gnomish, magical, trippy, romantic, spooky-wonderful.

All time-space warriors must own this CD. It is quite a gem, and remains unique to this day.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Journey Through Darkness Into Light, January 21, 2006

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Brian E. Erland "Rainbow Sphinx" (Brea, CA - USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord Of The Rings (Audio CD)

I bought Bo Hansson's 'Lord Of The Rings' when it first came out in '72 and it immediately became one of my all-time favorite albums. One of the early concept albums, Bo's inspiration was Tolkein's masterpiece and in my opinion he was tremendously successful in exploring the mood and mysticism, both dark and light, in Tolkein's trilogy.

The compositions were written and recorded in a rented castle located on the Scottish moors. The dark overcast and foggy setting turned out to be the absolutely perfect inspiration for Hanssons' project. The imbending gloom, stark loneliness and isolation in some of his tracks is absolutely unnerving. The entire album/CD is exquiste!

This is really a seminal work which pre-dates both the New Age and Gothic musical genres of today. Yes, I said Goth. Many of Hanssons' tracks are deeply somber, melancholy and incredibly haunting. I like to consider his compositions as the instrumental predecessor of 'Dead Can Dance.' Definitely one of the essentials!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bewitching, April 8, 2005

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Thomas Horan (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord Of The Rings (Audio CD)

Inspired by Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, the songs on this 1970 instrumental album sound like progressive Krautrock, in particular Popol Vuh. Hansson is especially drawn to the dark, mysterious aspects of the trilogy. Though his cinematic music is often exotic and beautiful, it has a weird, occult quality that reminds me of Bobby Beausoliel's Lucifer Rising soundtrack.

Good sound quality, thorough liner notes, and a bonus track- all things considered, a nice reissue.