Music for People

Vast | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00004XPTI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,087 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How can one compare . . ., July 16, 2001

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Bryan DEmilio (Reading, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music for People (Audio CD)

Due to poor marketing, VAST (Visual Audio Sensory Theater) does not receive the recognition it truly deserves. Music for people is a monumental original piece that takes styles from many areas of music. The album opens with "The Last One Alive", a song that starts with a simple guitar rhythm, but then the piece explodes into a song that holds many harmonic sounds on top of the main melody. It's wonderful.

The album progresses from that song into other variations of styles and rhythms. The second song, "Free," retains the original sound from VAST's wonderfully moody first album, while the song "A Better Place" seems to hold strong alternative roots embedded into the guitar melodies and string harmonies. Once the album is complete, it is easy to see that it holds musical tastes for anyone that loves any type of rock. The key to what makes the entire album so good though is that VAST keeps their signature moodiness in their lyrics and overall tone. I highly recommend it for everyone (along with their self titled first album- "VAST").

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music For People, April 14, 2002

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Clarissa "MoonGoddess" (Ontario, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music for People (Audio CD)

I can understand how some people can be disappointed with this album but it certainly doesn't deserve any bad reviews. I myself wasn't thrilled with the utter change in Music For People but I also wasn't pulling my hair out in tears. To be terribly disgruntled would be an exaggeration but when I first heard Music For People I remember detesting it almost as much as I had their first release, just because it was so completely different. Orchestration was present on Visual Audio Sensory Theater but it was never in the forefront like it is here. The first album consisted mostly of sinister goth rock with deep profound lyrics (most of which were questioning Gods existance) with gregorian monk singing to give a slight Enigma feel. My views on their first album, however, have desperately altered since I first bought it back in 98, ranking up there now with my ten favorite albums. The whole gregorian influence is still present in songs such as "What Else Do I Do" and "Song Without A Name" but they are less apparent as they bleed into the background to the point of nonexistence. In many aspects this album is more rock oriented with tunes that could have easily been sung by artists such as Queen and Pink Floyde (namely on "Land Of Shame" and "The Gates Of Rock 'N' Roll"). Jon Crosby's gorgeous male vocals (which sometimes remind me of frontman David Gahan of Depeche Mode) really shine on slower ballads "I Don't Have Anything", "We Will Meet Again" and "Blue" which swims with flowing strings. The darkly lavished "Lady Of Dreams", however, closes this album with the same atmosphere that his first album carried, only with a purer more instrumental awakening.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliance almost at your fingertips, September 13, 2000

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Taylor Holmes (Colorado Springs) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music for People (Audio CD)

First, I must say that Jon Crosby has an artistic mind that is unsurpassed in popular music in the last 20 years. How rare a find is a CD that you can listen regardless of your mood? That is what Vast's first self-titled release was, absolutely brilliant. Edgy thoughtful and prescient... if you don't have their first CD go buy it and savor every minute. If you are listening to it for the first time I envy you because this second release is nothing of the sublime epiphany that VAST was.

With this latest release I believe the hardest thing to swallow is watching an ingenious artist slice and dice his music into perfectly square 3-minute chunks. I am sure this will assist in getting the band's name out across a myriad of radio stations but at what artistic price? And where has all the sampling gone? Could it be that a project created in a year will never be as good as a well simmered 4 or 5 year cogitation?

So why do I still recommend this CD? If your tastes run towards more introspective acoustic guitar and a mostly natural created sound then you will find this a good release. There are several cuts that really do stand out but over all it has a much slower gate than the previous release. If you are expecting to add another mellow mood music CD to your collection of; Morrisey, Tori Amos, Siouxsie Sioux, The Cure or others of this genre buy it now. But if you were expecting a repeat you will be disappointed. Don't get me wrong I still recommend it. But you will not listen to it for months straight without taking it out of your CD player like you did with the first one.