Customer Reviews

The Supreme Collection, Vol. 1

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I was just a little disappointed with the selections on the cd set. They are not bad studio recordings of some of his songs, but there wasn't the same passion that you can find in his live recordings. Also, there was a lack of variety in the qawwalis, there were no punjabi selections. Overall, not a bad set though, but there are better Nusrat Khan CDs out there.

This music takes you places. Though it's hard to listen to for extended periods, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party chant, bebop, and Qawwali themselves into a burning frenzy. Even though I don't understand a word that's being sung, the emotion and spiritual devotion transcends the words. If you really care to know what the song's about, a translation is in the liner notes. But trust me, it really doesn't matter when the music plays, you can tell, they're real...they mean it.

I started out with Nusrat by buying the CD "Rapture" because it was the only one available in the store. I'm glad I didn't stop there and went ahead and got this CD. Whereas "Rapture" cuts off songs to make it more palatable for Western shorter attention span ears and includes Nusrat's misallocated foray into Western pop blend, "The Supreme Collection Volume I" explores the music to it's depth, as it was meant to be heard.

This music is rich and I can see why PJ's Eddie Vedder was influenced by it. Keep an open mind and open soul and be amazed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party whipping themselves up into a frenzy of sound. They're real...they mean it.

I have had this CD for about a year or so and this is one of the most important CDs in my collection of Khan's CDs. Each of the tracks is something that you have to understand to enjoy and once you get to know what is the message in the words... then it is simply mesmerising.

A must for anybody who likes Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

This set is one long fiery hypnotic prayer...estatic. Not only is this "essential" Nusrat, this is essential MUSIC. And like all great classical, opera, and rock n' roll these CD's should be play LOUD--and hopefully your neighbors will appreciate your good taste.

I am just blown away by this. This is the first NFA Khan
music I've listened to, but I want more. Its taken me a couple
of weeks to get into it, but now I can't stop listening.
Over a steady rythmic base of clapping and instruments Nusrat
lets his incredible vocal talents pour it all out.
The gravity and the wildness! There is a nice framework to
the music, but so much subtlety and variety over it,
absolutely brilliant, I haven't heard anything like it.
I suppose if you like songs like Kashmir, by Led Zep, Dream
Brother, by Jeff Buckley, or Leary's Gate, by Ian Moore, you
should check this out. All those songs are rock songs with an
Eastern vibe. Nusrat's music is the real thing.

This set is one long fiery hypnotic prayer...estatic. Not only is this "essential" Nusrat, this is essential MUSIC. And like all great classical, opera, and rock n' roll these CD's should be played LOUD--hopefully your neighbors will appreciate your good taste.

Long, drawn-out, fiery performances. Not for the casually interested in Khan's music, but the aficionados will have a field day.

The collection contains memorable quawallis, and brings out Nusrat's talent to the apreciative ear. As always, his singing puts one in a trance and never fails to mesmerize.

Is this a bad recording to start off your Khan collection or is everybody, including the late great Jeff Buckley, suffering from some mass delusion over this guy? EXTREMELY repetitive and over-long, this isn't what I expected at all. Is every Khan CD like this?