The Pearl

Brian Eno | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B0009Y33JM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,391 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

In the final stage of the Brian Eno reissues series, Virgin Records reissues the wonderfully sublime collaboration album with the talented ambient classical composer Harold Budd. In 1980, Eno and Budd collaborated on "Ambient 2 - The Plateaux of Mirror", a beautifully crafted ambient album (the 2nd in the recently reissued Eno Ambient series) which contained piano textures seen later in his collaborations with Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins and on this hauntingly serene album 'The Pearl'. The Pearl includes 11 ambient soundscape poems using treated keyboard sounds (both electronic and acoustic) and floats in a fluid and dreamy manner throughout with touches of light colour. As with all recent reissues, these albums have been digitally transferred from the Original Masters by Simon Heyworth and mastered using 'Class A' Analogue Electronics combined with the best Analogue to Digital conversion. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Sublime and Peaceful Album, April 10, 2006

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Gregg F. Holbert "persistentfool" (Fort Worth, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pearl (Audio CD)

I own at least 20 Brian Eno and Harold Budd albums. This one is by far my favorite. It is NOT repititive. If you think it is then listen to these guys other albums.

I use this CD in many ways: for example, when stressed it calms me, when unsettled it settles me.

Eno and Budd are each unique and this CD is a clear standout as my favorite.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for Melancholy Moods, August 23, 2006

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mhouse "ple8en" (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pearl (Audio CD)

I bought this album in 1984 when it first came out and listened to it while laying down on my bed. It made me feel sad, bringing me closer to my true emotional self. It made me pay more attention to the fine details. I listened intensely and felt overwhelmed. I fell asleep. This album is intense in how it will affect you, even though the music is sparse and minimalistic. If you think walking alone in San Francisco when the fog is rolling in is a good time, then this album is for you. It will surround you as you begin to notice fine details, to hear the wind in the trees and the sound of the rain just beginning to fall.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent Bliss, March 22, 2007

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Greg Mann "Eno-phile" (Pasadena, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pearl (Audio CD)

If my house was burning to the ground, and I had to save just one CD, this would be it. I bought this on vinyl the day it was released, and played it over and over until the needle wore through. Never before had I heard such spatial depth, and like much of the classical music to which I respond, this music evokes endless landscapes and feelings of nostalgia. It's interesting that some 23 years later, I'm still hearing nuances for the first time. As Mies Van Der Rohe once said, "God is in the details", and because of that, this music grows neither old nor tiring.