Fairies, Elves & Angels, Vol. 1

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2001)
• Original Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Spv U.S.
• ASIN: B00005K9GN
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #598,314 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful compilation!, August 3, 2004

By	mm (USA) - See all my reviews

This is a diverse compilation of music ranging from ethereal to more gothic influenced melodic rock. The sound is electronically textured in many of these songs to beautiful effect, and the vocalists are almost all female. The various artists combined onto this set make for an excellent varied musical experience. My favorite song is 'Majesty' because of the beautiful vocals, but actually I haven't matched many of the other songs to their artists because this cd set is such an excellent compilation - I always listen to it start to finish, one disk after the other, without any breaks or pauses. Put it on whenever you want to relax or dream, and let the music carry you to old worlds.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Raise your flagon of ale and toast the women, January 5, 2002

By	Scott Sweet "Music Freak" (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews

Did you see the price for this? Dude!

Between these two CDs, there's some great music ranging from ethereal to Celtic to Middle Eastern to orchestra rock. Women are at the helm on all the songs. Some songs are more "goth" than others, but none of these ladies sound like Andrew Eldritch. That's probably a good thing.

Just like every compilation, there are clunkers among the gems. Still, there are enough really good songs to merit buying the whole thing. Disc 1, track 1 (Claire Voyant - "Majesty") and the last song on disc 2 (The Gathering - "Leaves (live)") are my two favorites. Start with a winner and end with a winner. Sarband's "Alyawm" is just plain hypnotic. "Majesty" is a beautiful, drifting techno-ballad. The Metropole Orchestra turns "Leaves" into the ultimate James Bond theme/gothic torch song.

Right now there's a big surge in compilations for gothic/darkwave/ethereal. It's cheaper for ten bands to throw in one song than for any one of them to record an album of their own. "Fairies, Elves & Angels vol. I" is likely as good as any of them. Now, of course, there's a volume II.

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent!, June 7, 2005

By	Nathan Christian (New Stanton, PA USA) - See all my reviews

You can't find a better value than this beautiful 2 disc set. It is a real treasure, and if you can get part 2...do so!This is a dreamy, hypnotic introduction to bands you'll not see on MTV.

This is out of print and very hard to find, but worth your quest. The gothic label Projekt has this available for around twenty bucks new.