War of the Worlds [Import, Original recording remastered]

Jeff Wayne | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony/Epic
• ASIN: B00006I05X
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,430 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Eve Of The War

2. Horsell Common & The Heat Ray

3. Artilleryman & The Fighting Machine

4. Forever Autumn

5. Thunderchild

6. Red Weed (Part 1)

7. Spirit Of Man

8. Red Weed (Part 2)

9. Brave New World

10. Dead London

11. Epilogue (Part 1)

12. Epilogue (Part 2) (Nasa)

13. Spirit Of Man (Dubulladub)

14. Dark Autumn Dub

15. Forever Autumn (Remix 95)

16. Epilogue (Part 2)

17. Eve Of The War (Remix 95)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Epic!, April 5, 2003

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Random Coolzip "Random Coolzip" (Las Vegas, NEVADA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War of the Worlds (Audio CD)

I was stationed in Hawaii on a US Navy Submarine and was sitting in the radio room while the local station was announcing that they were going to play a rock version of War of the Worlds. Since I had the duty I had no place to go, I listened to it.

Superb! It gave me chills then and it still does today. Richard Burton's voice really adds the glue to this whole concept album. Phillip Lynott of Thin Lizzy, Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, and British Vocalists Julie Covington and David Essex provide the rest of the vocal talent.

If you have never heard this then buy it. You wan't regret it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Wonderful, July 11, 2004

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Oymaprat (Nowhere In Particular) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War of the Worlds (Audio CD)

I am still only 15, but I heard this when I was nine, and thought it was the best thing since chocolate. It introduced me to many, many other albums and bands. I owe it all to Jeff Wayne, and also to Rick Wakeman as I soon after heard his Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
This is a very powerful album in many respects, not only for it's famous narration by Richard Burton and its even more famous DUM DUM DUMMM, DUM DUM DUMMM, you get the picture. (I hope!) I truly believe that anyone who likes any form of music from the 70's will like this. I wont pretend that todays younger generation will appreciate it as the masterpiece it is, but all the rest of us should proudly own a copy of 'JEFF WAYNES MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.' It's a true classic, up their with Mozart and Haydn, well done Jeff! H.G. Wells would be proud.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars war of the worlds in vinyl...., July 26, 2005

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lynne "lynne" (washington state) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War of the Worlds (Audio CD)

i have a copy of this in vinyl, i bought it back in my teen days in the 70s (back in england).. a double record set, complete with booklet. pretty cool, and i remember listening over n over again to it, driving my parents crazy, i loved it!
when i heard they had made the war of the worlds movie, i made my teenage kids listen to the "LP".... they werent too impressed with it....i guess i am getting old, showing my age here (45)!
not to worry, the 70s stuff is the best!