Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 2.83 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Editions Eg Records
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Editions Eg Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000003S2M
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #522,881 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #2,927 in Ambient (CDs & Vinyl)
- #3,216 in Avant Garde & Free Jazz (CDs & Vinyl)
- #8,179 in Electronica (CDs & Vinyl)

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Daniel Higgins

Awesome atmospheric music!

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2022

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This is truly one of Brian Eno and Harold Budd's finest masterpieces.

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olofpalme63

an exercise in narcissism

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2007

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Harold Budd and Brian Eno's Ambient 2 (or The Plateaux Of Mirror) is a time-lapse shoot of a flower, showing the impending doom of it's eventual death. A compilation of withdrawn drama, an exploration of introverted narcissism in it's purest form. "Above Chiangmai" is a clear example of this. "Failing Light" plays like your life flashing before your eyes, a long lost home movie. The light and energy of that entity flickering away. Fading to nothingness. Failing Light can give you a sense of how small you really are on this planet. You're just a commoner that no one will remember after you expire. Failing to express, failing to inspire, failing to live up to everyones expectations. I wonder if entertainment celebrities feel that way? When their star is flickering do they feel like Failing Light sounds?

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Craig Mcclure

my favorite Eno album

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2008

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His best work,in my oppinion. I have never gotten tired of it,& is always very pleasing.

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rubidium84

Harold Budd, part 1

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2002

This album and the follow-up, "The Pearl", really have to be taken together in the same listen. They both feature the same sparse piano melodies over a treated Eno-scape. These two albums are my favorites for relaxation, reading, painting - you name it, they're great for it. That's why it's called "Ambient" music - it is made to fit in with almost any atmosphere, blending with, as Erik Satie once said, "The sounds of the knives and forks at dinner".
My favorite time to listen to these records is in a rainstorm, especially with distant thunder in the background. The rain sounds seem to bring out subtleties in the music that can't be heard otherwise.
So if you like Eno's "Ambient 1" or "Discreet Music" or Steve Roach's "Structures from Silence", this is the album for you.

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aorto

Perfect tranquility...

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2003

It is incredible to me how such minimal music can be so beautiful. Primarily just sparse piano melodies, it is astounding in a subtle kind of way, music that blends into any mood, environment or atmosphere.
It's relaxing yet not boringly so, hypnotic yet not distractingly so, background music that you can not quite ignore. I've played this in my car and it will have been playing for quite some time when someone will notice how beautiful it is and comment on it. It is the fact it takes some time to notice it that is so striking.
I use this to study, write or when the radio and music with singing is just a bit much on the drive. It provides just enough of a lift to become absorbed into the task at hand.

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I X Key

beautiful...celestial

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2003

This cd isn't Brian Eno's most successful in terms of unobtrusive ambience, but it is incredibly beautiful. When I listen to it, I'm aware of where each of its pieces begins & ends (if not so much how they go), so this cd won't just be as vaporous as some other great Eno music. I do, though, regard it as among the most beautiful music he made. Very silky. For me, the 6th song especially, composed mostly of a slow delivery of 2 notes, is one of the highlights of...life. Put this cd on, turn the lights off, & look out the windows of your spaceship to the stars.

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Bryan T. Dechter

Absolute purity

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 1999

This is one of my all time favorite albums. Period. I bought this album on vinyl in 1980 when it was first released. I have, by conservative estimates, listened to it at least 1,000 times since. To put in perspective, I listen to ALL kinds of music, from progressive rock to jazz to classical to world to folk to blues...etc. This has consistently been one of my favorites because of its purity, simplicity and the subtle yet distinctly original electronic treatments that Brian Eno has laid over Harold Budd's piano compositions. This album is sweet, mysterious, thoughtful, and incredibly peaceful. I would have wanted to be born to this album, and would like to die to it. It goes right to the heart and soul of the listener and invites timeless feelings--a quiet sense of belonging, remembering and fragile wonder. An original aural oasis. Definitely in my top five "desert island" picks. If you like this one, also check out "The Pearl", by Eno, Budd and Daniel Lanois, released two years later, and following on the same theme, though a little bluer in tone and feeling...

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Sean M. Kelly

a classic

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2000

This lp is the perfect match for Budd and Eno.
Budd's piano work is very noticable and to the fore on many of thr tracks- his style is very slow, allowing for much space to occur between (and during) notes (track 6, "Not Yet Remembered," is a prime example).
Eno's signature is also all over this lp- the moodiness, the ambient textures that give Budd's meanderings (if thats the right word) a base on which to do so.
The combination of the 2 men is perfect, and from it came this ambient classic. At times chilling and almost cold, at other points morose, always moody and distant, this lp is not for the faint at heart or one who depresses easily. It is a dark, yet very satisfying, effort.

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Sebastian G

Para relajarse y disfrutar

Reviewed in Mexico on January 7, 2022

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Es un disco genial , con muchos paisajes sonoros ambientales. A mi este disco me hace pensar que soy un dron y estoy volando sobre una ciudad moderna, también el futuro.

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Mr. R. J. Ball

Along with The Pearl, for me this is one ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2015

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Along with The Pearl , for me this is one of the most sublime pieces of ambient music I own . One of the all time top Chill Out albums , if that is your bag .

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Will Mac

Nothing like as good as his earlier work 'Apollo'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2019

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Nothing like as good as his earlier work 'Apollo'

Graham Bland

Just lovely

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2019

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Part of the first four eno ambient series. Pure class

Frazer

Brilliant partnership of synth and piano

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2016

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Superb album often overlooked in the Eno ambient catalogue - Budd's piano provides extra depth and emotion to the classic 70's Eno wash of sound. Quite a short album at less than 40'.
This hasn't dated as much as some of the sister works.
Also check out their other partnership album "The Pearl".

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