Semi-Conductor Release 2

Synergy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000BIBW
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,701 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Legacy

2. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

3. Classical Gas

4. Cybersports

5. Paradox: Largo (New World Symphony)

6. Paradox: Icarus

7. Phobos and Deimos Go to Mars: Phobos

8. Phobos and Deimos Go to Mars: Deimos

9. Phobos and Deimos Go to Mars: Disruption in World Communications

Disc: 2

1. Delta Two

2. Delta One [Single Edit]

3. Delta 3/A

4. Delta 3/C

5. The World After April

6. Orbit 5

7. Ancestors

8. Earth in Space

9. Launch at Dawn

10. To the Edge and Back

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Essential Synergy Compendium, August 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Semi-Conductor Release 2 (Audio CD)

This has it all... Well, almost. From realizations based on Richard Roger's "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue", to Mason Williams' "Classical Gas" and original works like "Delta One" and "Metropolitan Suite" make this THE essential disk if you only buy one by Synergy! Larry Fast's PolyMoog, Oberheim Expanders and ring modulators are on full tilt in this disk, and show not only Fast's development as a performer, but as a technician. Pure Poetry.

My only disappointment, "Redstone" wasn't included.

5.0 out of 5 stars What John Tesh might have been like..., January 31, 2001

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R. L. MILLER (FT LAUDERDALE FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Semi-Conductor Release 2 (Audio CD)

...if he'd been as much of a composer as a player. And this dude built his own instruments to boot! There's a lot that's great and some not so great on this compilation. Great as in all the "Delta" titles, the Strausslike waltz "To the Edge and Back" (a rarity not on the regular albums), "Launch At Dawn" (another rarity) and "Metropolitan Theme". Not so great with most of the covers like "Classical Gas" and "Slaughter On 10th Avenue" ("Largo From the New World Symphony" isn't too bad, but how can you miss with the tune we more commonly know as "Goin' Home"). I share another reviewer's disappointment with the omission of "Redstone", a track from "Metropolitan Suite" that captures the twangy surf rock guitar sound perfectly. Oh yes, I forgot--this is the work of one Larry Fast, who played a huge part in the early Peter Gabriel solo sound.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Liked it, but heard it before, February 11, 2003

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Paul King (Weston, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Semi-Conductor Release 2 (Audio CD)

This set is good. Very good. The artist is good. Very good. Unfortunately the set and the artist are inconsistant. I was looking forward to hearing Synergy's version of "Classical Gas" and could barely recognize it. Mason Williams would scratch his head in confusion and "say whu'?". On the other end of the spectrum, the cut "Ancestors" is incredible! The perfect sound for testing high dollar speakers, quality headphone and expensive soundsystems. This song alone is almost worth the price of the CDs. "Launch at Dawn" is a fine piece, too. Most of the rest of these CDs are forgettable. But perhaps it's because I've been a Rick Wakeman fan for thirty years, or Mannheim Steamroller fan for fifteen, but I'd prefer them just a little bit more. No mistake, I enjoyed about 90% this two-CD set and will for many years to come, but I firmly believe Wakeman's "King Arthur" and "Henry VIII" and Mannheim Steamroller's "Fresh Aire" and "25 Years" are far superior in technique, variety, quality and creativity. A better album would be Wakeman's "Rhapsodies", but I've not been able to find it on CD. In the acoustic olympics, Synergy and "Semi-Conductor Release 2" takes the bronze.