Sacred Spirit II: Culture Clash [Extra tracks, Import]

Sacred Spirits, Sacred Spirit | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: EMI/Virgin
• ASIN: B0000081VF
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,284 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Culture Clash

3. Lay Down

4. On The Road

5. Legends

6. I. No More Cotton/II. Interlude 'To Be A Slave'

7. The Sun Won't Talk No More

8. Black Progress

9. Roots

10. Babes In The Juke House

11. I. Brownsville, Tennesse (Instrumental)/II. Interlude 'To Be A Slave' #2

12. Slow And Easy

13. Sonnet XVIII

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OK, get your Sacred Spirits Straight, February 16, 2001

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Guardian of the Zen Sea "Indigo" (Looking after the sun and surf) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacred Spirit II: Culture Clash (Audio CD)

As far as I can tell there are now "three" Sacred Spirit CDs. There is the original Native American/ambient CD which first came out in Virgin. That was followed by Sacred Spirit 2 (this CD--which I have seen in the US with ANOTHER title), also on Virgin. Now there is a "new" Sacred Spirit II (not to be confused with 2), whcih is also Native American music, but on the Higher Octave label. OK. Here's the skinny: Sacred Spirit 1 is excellent. It is great to listen to from one end to another and has a wonderful spiritual feel. Sacred Spirit 2 (not II) is a mix of African-American spirituals with overdubs of beats and vocals (such as a speech by the Reverend Martin Luther King, jr), with accompaniment by a cello (can that explain the cover picture?). Overall it is also a quiet, introspective musical delight for the mind. Sacred Spirit II is not as good as the other two. It is also Native American, but cannot compare to the original at all.

So there you have it. I highly recommend Sacred Spirit 1, it is a classic. I also like Sacred Spirit 2, although it is completely different. Sacred Spirit II is not worth it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Ear Candy, August 8, 2001

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Daniel, a Bluesman (Townsville, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacred Spirit II: Culture Clash (Audio CD)

The genre of this CD is quite hard to pinpoint. It's blues, it's classical, and at the same time, new-agey. The beauty of this is that all these genres culminate in what can be described as pure ear candy. Stand out tracks include "Slow and Easy", a remix of an old John Lee Hooker classic. The remix surprisingly does JLH's deep, sorrowful voice justice, which is accented by blues guitar and cello. JLH also lends his vocals to the following track, "Sonnet XVIII", which concludes the blues journey Sacred Spirit have created. It is interesting to hear the classical music interwoven through each track, as apparently these musicians are playing entirely from the heart, blending so gracefully with the blues instruments and vocals. "Lay Down" is another fine example of how well blues and classical music mesh together. Sacred Spirit: Culture Clash is for all music fans who are open to new and old sounds, and for those that appreciate the Blues played in a different style.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Blues Derivative, December 5, 2001

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Bob Davis (Christchurch New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacred Spirit II: Culture Clash (Audio CD)

As a blues fan, I immensely enjoyed Sacred Spirit 1. This album has sounds with classical roots that have similarities to the original but which head in other directions and still excite. The album's incorporation of traditional blues singers, particularly John Lee Hooker, are memorable. This album extends the blues in directions not previously anticipated. Not to be missed.