Metaphor

Patrick O'Hearn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deep Cave Records
• ASIN: B000005EM4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,843 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wishing for more, December 30, 1999

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Steve Bonario (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metaphor (Audio CD)

I keep scouring the net and music stores for signs of O'Hearn's next album, just wishing for more. Metaphor continues what has been, for me, an aural love affair with O'Hearn's music. Each track stands on its own, but I prefer to listen to it in its entirety -- each piece connects with and through the others, creating something that covers the darker side of emotional terrain compared to the sunny romps of River's Gonna Rise. If you enjoyed Trust or Indigo, you will enjoy Metaphor.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Patrick O'hearns weakest album but it's still a five star., September 7, 2002

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

This review is from: Metaphor (Audio CD)

I have heard that a fair number of fans are not too much into this album. That's understandable because on Metaphor, O'Hearn goes further away from the electronic space sounds of his first two albums and into more acoustic instruments giving his 90s works a more of a medievel & tribal sound. This CD is his most obscure and least accessable album that he's ever put out. While I respect that a fair number of people don't like this album at all I have to disagree with them saying that it's a mediocre album. On the contrary, it's actually a beautiful album. It just isn't as easy to get into as alot of his other works.

The leadoff track Patience My Friend is probably the song that has the most of his more trademark sound with electronic keyboards and blipping sound effects but overall it's a very medievel sounding track. The Dividing Line is far more tribal with strong acoustic guitar strings and tribal beats. Peace Be With You is a gorgeous jazzier track with a much stronger Native American flavor and jazzy basslines. This one is probably the brightest song on this CD. The Women Of Lachaise has more of a sound that is more in the field of 3 Circles with similar sounding drums but where 3 Circles has a spacier sound Lachaise on the other is very tribal sounding. Drive is by far my favorite song on this entire album. It starts off with echoing sound effects and then turns into a strongly ambient groove with heavy bobbling basslines, tribal drums, & mezmerizing echoing pianos. Let Truth is another track that is more in the vein of his earlier Ancient Dreams-esqe sounds but even this one has a strongly medievel sound to it. Images In Stone is a dark haunting track with little rhythm. Instead there are haunting, ominous ambient crescendos throughout the song. All Quiet Now is a very mournful song with a Native American flavor and lots of tribal drums. This is one to play on a dark cloudy evening. The final track Faith & Endurance is a bizarre track that has strange guitars and fast paced beats giving the song a more intense feel. The loud clang at the ending brings Metaphor to a close.

This CD is by far the least accessable album he's ever put out. It's kind of a shame that it would be five years before another album would follow but 2001s So Flows The Current though was worth it.

This CD is strongly recommended. :)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A journey that has no end..., December 13, 1998

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Shawn E. Redwood (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metaphor (Audio CD)

This CD is by far the best of Patrick O'Hearn. It is exquisite and filled with emotions and stories from the days of old. I feel that each song touches me in a very personal way.

When I listen to this CD, I like to sit in the dark and burn a candle and let the moods become a part of me.

It is well worth the listen.