Oracle

Michael Hedges | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 6, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Valley
• ASIN: B002M9FY9Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,813 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The 2nd Law

2. Ignition

3. Baal T'Shuvah

4. Dirge

5. Jitterboogie

6. Oracle

7. Gospel

8. Tomorrow Never Knows

9. Theme From Hatari

10. Aura Muunta

11. Jitterboogie (Family Version)

12. Sofa No. 1

13. When I Was 4

14. What Child is This?

Editorial Reviews

Winner of the 1997 GRAMMY® Award for Best New Age Album, "Oracle" is one of Michael Hedges best. "Oracle" signified a return to acoustic performance, but the record was the last to be issued during Hedges' own lifetime. One of the most revered acoustic guitarists of all time created a wonderful and innovative album that even includes a few covers - the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", Frank Zappa's "Sofa No. 1", and Henry Mancini's "Theme from Hatari!" The album spent 26 weeks on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oracle is his third best album, very well balanced., September 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle (Audio CD)

Michael returns to the steel strings guitars to express his music again, before a fatal car accident in northern california. As always, the result is very deep and intense. This album could be related to Aerial Boundaries because of the textures used. It is not as dense as Taproot but shows the work of a fully grown composer as well. His death in december of 97 leaves us all without one of the most complete composers of the last two decades.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No wonder this won a grammy!, February 6, 2002

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Andy Williamson (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle (Audio CD)

This was the first Hedges cd I heard and I went on to get most of the others afterwards. The first three tracks are simply gorgeous as is "Gospel" and "Sofa No. 1" a nice addition for the Zappa fans...

But by far the stand out track is "Baal T'shuvah", an absolutely warm, well-rounded, fingerstyle song that is beyond description. Essential.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond mere music, December 16, 2005

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Diogenes DogSnack (Redwood City, CA) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Oracle (Audio CD)

Who was Michael Hedges? One of the greatest acoustic guitar players ever, for sure, and a brilliant composer, but much more than that. His total mastery of technique enabled him to transcend the boundaries of his instrument and to speak with a direct connection to his soul. Not a striving to reach such a state, but the outpouring of a true master, of one who has attained it. I hear his music and no longer wonder about the reason for existence. Not to say that all of his music attains this lofty level, but a great deal does. Oracle might not be his best work, (although it is my personal favorite) but it's definitely in the top three.