Sky V.2 [Import]

Sky | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Castle
• ASIN: B0007735CG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hotta

2. Dance of the Little Fairies

3. Sahara

4. Fifo/Adagio/Scherzo/Watching the Aeroplanes [Medley]

5. Tuba Smarties

6. Ballet Volta

7. Gavotte and Variations

8. Andante

9. Tristan's Magic Garden

10. El Cielo

11. Vivaldi

12. Scipio (Parts I and II)

13. Toccata

Editorial Reviews

Remastered reissue of the 1980 sophomore album from the session musician supergroup who were groundbreaking pioneers of classical/rock fusion. Sky 2 was a landmark album for the group and their most commercially successful, reaching number one in the album charts and selling more than a million copies. Castle. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classics made modern progressive-rock, July 7, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Sky V.2 (Audio CD)

This album was originally released in 1980, by John Williams (acoustic guitars), Kevin Peek (electric guitars), Tristan Fry (drums), Francis Monkman (Keyboards), and Herbie Flowers (bass).

This album contains many classics such as Toccata (originally written by J. S. Bach for organ), Gavotte And Variations (Originally written by Rameau, french composer), Andante (Written By Vivaldi), and Sky wrote the rest of the songs. Here's what I think about all Sky 2 songs:

1.Hotta: The most rocker song in the album, fast electric guitars, lots of drums and bass. A fast paced song. 10/10

2.Dance Of The Little Fairies: Great keyboards and harprichord! 10/10

3.Sahara: The best song in the album!!! Quick piano at the beginning and in the end, the middle of the song contains a slow but incredible electric guitar solo!! 11/10

4.FIFO/Adagio/Scherzo/Watching The Aeroplanes: an incredible 17 minute song. A very enjoyable song. The Last part is phenomenal. 10/10

5.Tuba Smarties: A tuba solo played by Herbie Flowers, excellent, but not perfect: 9/10

6.Ballet-Volta: A calm, slow song written by Michael Praetorius Great. 10/10

7.Gavotte & Variations: A 6 minute long song led by Monkman's amazing harprichord. A Classic, as I said before. 10/10

8.Andante: Written by Vivaldi, another calm song, very relaxing when you play it! 10/10

9.Tristan's Magic Garden: This song is made of mostly drums (which are excellent) 10/10

10.El Cielo: A classic Spanish folk tune arranged by Williams, great acoustic guitar here! 10/10

11.Vivaldi: Sky made a very good job playing this one.Not much to say about it. 10/10

12.Scipio (Parts 1, 2):Lots of synthetiser, harprichord and acoustic and electric guitars (and bass!!) 10/10

13.Toccata:The second best song in the album. They use an electric guitar instead of piano, harprichord and fast drumming. 11/10

In summary, the band (Sky) is made of virtuosos. You will not regret buying this CD (If you like classic rock)I know that here in amazon, there are no samples to hear, go to google and search for Sky + "John Williams" and go in the first page that shows up and go to the albums section, Sky 2, and click on the song you would like to hear. I hope that my review was helpful to you.

P.S.: You will not be able to find this album in a CD shop.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Fusion, November 2, 2007

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Massena Man "LGS611" (Massena, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sky V.2 (Audio CD)

Bought this double LP in 1981 after hearing Tocatta, which sounds like a modern rock instrumental, even though it was written by JS Bach a few hundred years ago! Tracks 1-7 are fabulous but my personal favorite is Scipio Parts 1 & 2. One sour note: on the Cd Scipio fades about one minute earlier than it does on the vinyl version. Guess they had to shave something to get it all on one CD. Overall a great example of how jazz,rock,classical and pop can be combined to make great songs. Intelligent and fun!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent classical guitar/rock, June 24, 2000

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book critic "critic" (pittsburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sky 2 (Audio CD)

my fav instrumentals: scipio I & II, toccata and vivaldi. don't confuse w/ funky band called skyy. this sky has john williams.