Waiting for the Moon

John Adorney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 3, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eversound
• ASIN: B00018D4RC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,851 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A religious experience, March 4, 2005

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Arthur K. Yellin "dinosaurus13" (Olney, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waiting for the Moon (Audio CD)

I disagree with the previous reviewer. I find the addition of the gentle voice to be fantastic on songs like 'Always.'

This is my review of all three Adorney CDs. For me, his music is like a religious experience. At the same time, it is soothing and relaxing yet energizing. There are several tracks, including 'Celebration,' on the 'Beckoning' CD, and 'Always' on 'Waiting for the Moon,' that I will play over and over. I simply cannot get enough of them.

I am not a serious musician, so I cannot give a technical critique. However, I find the instrumentation and arrangements to be superb. The music surrounds you with emotional warmth!

Buy all three CDs!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dont miss this guy!, March 9, 2004

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Pertinax "pertinax" (wichita, ks United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waiting for the Moon (Audio CD)

I am a huge fan of this guy! I started training for a marathon last spring, and I needed new music for the mp3 player. I love soothing new age music, but it had to have a rythim for my long runs. Yanni was my first choice, and he is brilliant. But hold the phone!!!! How do I say this? I am not a musician. Very few
people can start a New Age(I hate that name!)song, take you on a melodic journey, and bring it to a conclusion. Many sort of take one melody and work it to death and leave you in the middle of nowhere. Plus you are sick of it within 2 weeks.
Mr. Adorney writes incredible music! This album is not the best of the 3 Adorney I have, but it has a lot to live up to. I still would buy it again if it were lost. He used more singing in this one, its great but to me his compositions of just music,
make my brain smile. Listen to a few samples, and realize that you will like this guy more on the 50th time you have heard a song than even on the first. And if you are a runner? Wow!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Magical Multicolored Masterpiece!, June 14, 2004

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Dave Gray (Ozarks) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waiting for the Moon (Audio CD)

I've found that there's something very weird about John Adorney's albums (I have and cherish them all). The first time you listen to the album, you say, "That's quite nice!"; the next time you listen, you say, "That's REALLY lovely!!"; and the third time, you say, with goosebumps, "THAT'S INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL!!!"; and it just keeps getting better each time! And his fantastic new album, Waiting for the Moon, is no exception - I've just gone through this same progression of falling into enchantment all over again.

I think this magical phenomenon may be due to the wondrous complexity and richness of Adorney's music - so many layers of lovely crystalline melodies and silken harmonies soaring so effortlessly over sensuous exotic rhythms - too much for a common mortal to completely absorb on the first hearing, but each time you hear more! And more!!

Waiting for the Moon differs from Adorney's first two albums in two significant ways. First, there are powerful new notes of bittersweet wistfulness, sadness and longing, in contrast to the predominance of unadulterated joy in the earlier albums. Second, the phenomenal voice of Daya is at last given full rein in complete poetic lyrics - this pure, luscious, profoundly expressive voice sings straight from the heart of Adorney's music.

[FYI, I have not been paid by Adorney or his producers! I'm just a teacher in Arkansas who wants you to buy this genius's music and keep him in business! He brings great beauty to a world that desperately needs it.]