Ohm [Import]

Ohm: | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2003)
• Original Release Date: May 13, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Lion Music Finland
• ASIN: B00008Z5GI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,278 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Peanut Buddha

2. Where's My Hat?

3. Id

4. Love Song

5. Came to Believe

6. Between Us

7. Iguana

8. Sister Cheryl

9. Brandenberg Gate

10. Bastille Day

11. The Mountain

12. Search for the Suicide King

13. Ohmage

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A creative debut that really deserves attention!, November 20, 2003

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RXCSLC (TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ohm (Audio CD)

I went out of my way to purchase this CD directly from Lion Music when it was first released, and I was rewarded for my effort. (It is months later and I still haven't filed it away!) I kept reading about OHM at the Chris Poland website, (sound samples there) and I really couldn't wait to check it out. Now you can purchase it from Amazon with ease! If you are into mind expanding instrumental fusion music, try it out ASAP. Most will flock to this CD for Poland's blistering leads, but just wait until you hear Pagliari's INCREDIBLE fretless bass playing! The drumming is very notable as well (all recorded in one pass with no overdubs, triggers, midi, etc!) although I understand that Kofi Baker (Ginger's son) is now drumming in the band. Best tracks = 'Iguana', 'Bastille Day' (dedicated to the late Gar Samuelson), 'Mountian' the hypnotic 'Peanut Buddah' and the ever beautiful 'Love Song'. Fans of Jeff Beck will definitely dig this trio!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sumatra for your ears, July 7, 2006

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G. S Senko "gregsenko" (Media PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ohm (Audio CD)

It is funny that Chris Poland is so under the radar. His music is excellent, his tone superb, the band tight and the compositions stellar. This recording is something I have been listening to nearly daily for almost three months. That, is the test for me. Is the musical content rich enough, exciting enough and sweet sounding enough to draw me pleasurably back, again and again? It is!

Obviously, what people refer to as "fusion music" is not for everyone. It is over a lot of folks heads, in that it is a highly personal and esoteric artistic expression. It doesn't get marketed to the masses. To appreciate this sort of music, it helps to have an advanced sense of harmony, an ability for abstraction, an enjoyment of the timbre of electric instuments and a lack of a need to have musical ideas "spoon fed" to you at some slow, familiar pace. But, to the folks who appreciate it, everything else is the "decaf" equivalent, musically. Among the caffinated, Ohm: is to modern electric music what Sumatra is to coffee: rich, well balanced, tasteful and potent.

Highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something Special, August 30, 2004

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Jeremy Spade (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ohm (Audio CD)

I was introduced to this power trio in the summer of 1999. I had the good fortune of working with a personal friend of Chris Poland, whom I had idolized as a kid, growing up on Megadeth and assorted thrash metal. This friend invited me to a show one night, and changed my musical perspective forever.

Having heard the term "Jazz Fusion", but never understanding what the genre entailed, I was in for a real paradigm shift in my melodic conscious. What ensued that night was a set that consisted of tightly arranged compositions, set ablaze with fire and soul. As I struggled to take in the technical genius that weaved in and out of dramatic tone changes and erratic tempos, I realized... this is music. Everything I had come to know before that night flew out the window.

I set out on a journey of discovery, finding a vein of musical greats that I had missed along the way. Brand X, Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra all crossed my path and found their way into my collection, but I could never find that "sound" that had so impressed me the night I heard OHM. Consistently checking the Chris Poland website, I finally caught wind of a studio release in 2003. Needless to say, I pre-ordered the album and received a copy of what surely had to have been the first run. I was not disappointed.

The sheer virtuoso element of Poland and Pag would be enough to make this album a true masterpiece. But it's their arrangement and attention to structure and transition that make it so unique and intensely creative. Poland is a technical guru (I knew that purely from early Megadeth) but his feel and "gut" rivals that of Stevie Ray Vaughn, or Eric Clapton. I actually found myself on the verge of tears listening to "Between Us" one night. While on the lower end of things, Robertino Pagliari complements Chris on every angle. Pag has discovered the mystery of playing air tight, lightning fast bass chops, without getting lost in the mix... a real rarity. David Eagle is not to be ignored. He gels the trio together with his relentless yet laid back style.

This one is something special, folks. Even in the vast array of fusion and prog rock, OHM stands out as a cut above and years beyond.