Womblife

John Fahey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Table of Elements
• ASIN: B000003U6E
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,675 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #73 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Alternative Folk

Track Listings

1. Sharks

2. Planaria

3. Eels

4. Coelacanths

5. Juana

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who's the artist here?, March 20, 2005

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Benjamin D. Collins (Fayetteville, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Womblife (Audio CD)

This record was a step forward for John Fahey. The people who give this bad reviews would prefer that he had done the same thing with every record he made. Most of Fahey's acclaim comes from his innovation, accept womb life as innovation and enjoy it. It does not sound like terminal pharmacy, it is not over produced. This record rules.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It used to go like that, now it goes like this, July 3, 2000

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P. Bryant (Nottingham, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Womblife (Audio CD)

Actually, Fahey recorded this one himself right there in the motel where he was living at the time; he got a little help with the tape loops (not from Jim O'Rourke) but that's about all. So it's just exactly as he intended. Which means it's difficult stuff, mainly, because this is the New Fahey - no more Mr Nice Guy, no more Blues or Folk or whatever it was - now you get Industrial Ambient. Hmmm. I do enjoy the idea of Fahey tearing up his whole back catalogue, trashing all his old fans and heading out into... Somewhere Else. (Starting with "City of Refuge" and continuing with "The Epiphany of Glenn Jones") But I probably like the idea better than I like this cd. On the other hand, Gamelan found sounds are nothing new. Check out Fahey's 1968 composition "A Raga Called Pat" (on "The Voice of the Turtle").

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Womb-like, March 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Womblife (Audio CD)

Ok this one is dense, but I don't think it should be compared with Mr. Fahey's early works, this stage of his work is part of a very complex evolution. You have to simply let yourself go, like you did'nt knew a thing, like being, really, in a womb.