Sleeps With the Fishes [Import]

Peter Nooten | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 31, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 4ad
• ASIN: B00004S849
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,452 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Repressing of this 1987 collaboration between Peter Nooten (Clan Of Xymox) and Michael Brook. Essential listening for fans of 4AD, ambient music, minimalism, experimental electronic music, and morose themes alike. 4AD.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't believe I just found this!!!!, May 28, 2003

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satan (earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleeps With the Fishes (Audio CD)

I don't know how I ended up finding out about this but as soon as I did I ordered it. I am extraordinarily surprised I had not heard of it before. It just goes to show that no matter how hard you look there's always something fantastic right around the corner!

If you like the "4AD sound", the first 2 Clan of Xymox albums, This Mortal Coil, etc this is an absolute must-have. Slow, serene, peaceful, gorgeous, ultimately satisfying. This is definitely one of those albums that gets you right from the first track and holds on till the last. Not a misstep along the way. A mix of vocal tracks and instrumentals keeps both from disappearing into unheard background music.

Highly recommended!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical Music, December 4, 2005

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Marcin Mastykarz (Krakow, Poland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleeps With the Fishes (Audio CD)

If want to get into other universes without drugs, just buy this CD. Pieter Nooten (Clan of Xymox) with Micheal Brook (some works with B. Eno and many more) made The Perfect 4AD Sound Album. Just turn off the light, eat cinnamon chocolate and listen.

It's not music for relaxation. It's music for stimulating mind and imagination. It takes listeners far beyond known emotions.

Marcin Mastykarz

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars soundtrack to heaven!, January 30, 2003

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p. nutville (netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleeps With the Fishes (Audio CD)

actually i know pieter nooten quite well. he is a friend of mine so i guess i am not objective. what i do know is that a lot of people credit michael brook for the music on this album to much. pieter was and is to much of a private person to protest to this historical mistake, so i guess i'll have to stand up for him: every track and every note on this album is written by him. i know this because i worked on some (demo) tracks with him and co-wrote some of the arrangments. this guy breathes melodies and harmonies! a genious who has been sadly forgotten. michael was and is a better networker, more famous i guess etc., but the way he just made this piece of art his own is typical for the way people treat eachother in this business: use and abuse.