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Peter Gabriel - Passion (2002)

Album details

Label: Geffen Records    Ref#: ?-0201
Date: 5/7/2002   Category:  
Length: 0:00    
Format: CD    
Audio: Stereo    
Genre:      

Notes/Reviews

To call Passion a pivotal recording in the development of world music would be a significant understatement. What makes Passion so undeniably important is its global reach and expert handling of what could've easily become polyglot babble. Vocalists Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour, and Baaba Maal bring strong Middle Eastern and African voices to the project, and Balkan textures come via the ney flute and doudouk. But Gabriel is the glue, offering electronic ambient flows between the multiple streams. Gabriel also brings something even less tangible: an awesome visual imagination that takes often seamless sounds and makes them impress the listener with picturelike colors and phrasing. This is, however, far more than an ambient global mix. The intertwined rhythms stand out, both on their own and as brushstrokes on a larger canvas. Never mind that Passion helped launch North American careers for N'Dour and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan--this is a stellar musical achievement by any standard. --Andrew Bartlett

Songs/Tracks

1.   The Feeling Begins  
2.   Gethsemane  
3.   Of These, Hope  
4.   Lazarus Raised  
5.   Of These, Hope - Reprise  
6.   In Doubt  
7.   A Different Drum  
8.   Zaar  
9.   Troubled  
10.   Open  
11.   Before Night Falls  
12.   With This Love  
13.   Sandstorm  
14.   Stigmata  
15.   Passion  
16.   With This Love - Choir  
17.   Wall Of Breath  
18.   The Promise Of Shadows  
19.   Disturbed  
20.   It Is Accomplished  
21.   Bread And Wine  

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