Planet Drum

The World (Rykodisc/Mickey Hart Series), Mickey Hart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B0000009O6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,908 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Indie Music > New Age > World Dance
  • #65 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Jambands

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreaming in drums, April 30, 2000

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Pharoah S. Wail (Inner Space) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planet Drum (Audio CD)

This is Mickey Hart's finest solo effort. Aside from having great percussionary compositions this cd has the best "recording quality". Newer Hart cds like SUPRALINGUA sound rather dry and artificial and don't have nearly the emotional and trance-like impact that this cd has. The song THE DANCING SORCERER (on this cd) for instance has an ethereal aura around the tones of some of the instruments that add's greatly to the effect of the song. JEWE is played entirely on the human body. Hands and chests and voices are the only instruments and it is a positively thunderous song with great vocals.

If you don't have a fantastic stereo system but you know someone who does, listen to this cd at their house. The song TEMPLE CAVES has a certain thing (I don't want to give it away so I'm not going to say exactly what) that you will not hear on boom-boxes or other lo-fi stereo systems. You can hear the song itself on anything, but on really nice stereo systems there is something fantastic revealed about TEMPLE CAVES. This is music you will feel at the very core of your being.

40 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some Successful Experiments, But Not a Cohesive Album, October 7, 2000

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Steven Weinstein (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Drum (Audio CD)

In this concept album, Hart brings great drummers from around the world to participate. The result is wholly new works that are without question novel, but this record has not fared well in my collection since I bought it four years ago. I find myself choosing traditional Brazilian or Latin American or Indian or Middle Eastern performances rather than Planet Drum. I would especially warn potential buyers that Planet Drum is not a survey of percussion styles that will help you decide what you do and do not like. It is instead outside all the mainstream styles and I would consider it the kind of album that would augment a percussion collection rather than start one.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best percussion CDs ever, January 25, 2000

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E. Heller (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planet Drum (Audio CD)

I have owned this CD since it first came out and saw Mickey Hart/Planet Drum perform revently here in Seattle. They are amazing and this is probably one of the best percussion jam sessions ever recorded onto CD