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- Summary: Known for her work as half of the 4AD group Dead Can Dance, as well as more recent efforts scoring such films as Gladiator and Whale Rider, Lisa Gerrard here unites with Irish classical composer Patrick Cassidy for ten new tracks, including songs sung in Aramaic, Latin and Gaelic.
- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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MojoEpic, exhilarating, extraordinary. [Feb 2004, p.98]
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The album isn't exactly suited to the taste of pop or rock connoisseurs, but has enough quality moments to make it a gem.
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But while the scope of Immortal Memory is huge... the music is entirely accessible.
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An epic, sweeping cycle of songs that's completely over the top-- usually in the best possible way.
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Entertainment Weekly[It] won't take her fans anywhere new. But stick with her as she builds a mystery. [23/30 Jan 2004, p.99]
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Los Angeles TimesIt's very moving -- just moving very slowly. [18 Jan 2004]
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Doesn't possess the necessary tension of DCD's best or her wonderful 1995 solo debut, The Mirror Pool.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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geoffsJun 20, 2004
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ApexaMOct 18, 2009Pretty much one of the best albums for soundtrack to a film that has not been made yet.
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