Cobalt Blue

Michael Brook

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1992)
• Original Release Date: June 30, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000005JBW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #103,738 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Cobalt Blue is a superb 12 track record. Nearly every track is standout music and some of the tracks are absolutely perfect: Urbana, Ultramarine, and Lakbossa being the three best. This is guitar music, alternately driven then abstract. Sometimes it just shimmers in the moonlight, other times it cuts accross time like a knife, the notes hard and brilliant like sapphires in the sun. This is music that is a joy to listen to. Somehow it challenges you to think, to follow the line of the melody as a weaves in and out of the surrounding fabric of supporting musical lines. 4AD. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite CD, May 15, 1998

By A Customer

Cobalt Blue is a rich and varied piece of work - very special. At work I write documentation for computer processes and at home I paint water-colours. In both environments I like to listen to music, especially non intrusive music. I am not sure how you would classify this music - It is different from most of the Ambient stuff I have heard and is not your run of the mill electronic. I also like Vangelis and J.M. Jarre but this is different.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Wizard of ERR, December 20, 2006

By	William Brink "Ambience Coordinator" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a damn good album. It should be noted; I don't hand out 5 stars to every album I like (or review)- seems kind of pointless. 4 stars is high enough praise in itself.
-Anyway-
For reference purposes: If you have Eno's "Music for Films III"; listen to the the track "Err" - this album is essentially the planet Err came from. There are even some interludes that contain little distilled pieces of Err.

The sound is one you don't hear much; A large number of tracks are built around rhythms which are driven by 2 very different forces: very low, fast-attack/slow-decay, bass and very high, crisp guitar, which is restrained just enough to complement the bass dead-on. Several are relatively fast (almost "catchy" I guess) tempo, but have a whole different character in the absence of a drum kit.

If none of this makes any sense, listen to the samples. Hell, listen to them anyway; that's what got me going. I started out looking for a copy of "Sleeping With the Fishes", and it landed me here.
So, there you go.

PS
This is the kind of stuff which will make those insanely expensive speakers show their worth.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, intelligent, relaxing music for the soul., August 2, 2005

By	Jens "William Jensen" (Montréal) - See all my reviews

This is some of the most inventive music around today, made by some of the most inovative musician/producers. It's hard to say if it's ambient, new age, inprov, or whatever. Just say it's gorgeous music--perhaps late-night music. All of the Cobalt Blue CDs are amazing, but their live one is the best I've heard. I tend to avoid live recordings for all the audience noise, but theirs is well-produced. Organic percussion, heavenly guitar, and production to die for. Get one of their CDs if you can--it's great, intelligent, relaxing music for the soul.