Christopher O' Riley - True Love Waits, Christopher O' Riley Plays Radiohead
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Tracks
Everything In It's Right Place
Knives Out
Black Star
Karma Police
Let Down
Airbag
Subterranian Homesick Album
Thinking About You
Exit Music (For A Film)
You
Bulletproof (I wish I was)
Fake Plastic Trees
I Can't
True Love Waits
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Christopher O' Riley is a classical pianist. Like many of us, Christopher found himself infatuated with Radiohead. Christopher is a sucessful solo pianist in his own right, but after he got into Radiohead, he decided to do something a little different. Christopher began writing arrangements of his favourite Radiohead songs for solo piano.
This album features renditions of Radiohead songs from every Radiohead album. The cd is an amazing showcase of the mixture of Christopher's accomplished composition and his brilliant piano skill. The result is a beautiful album of brilliant classical compositions that sound familiar. This cd is good for many things, you can listen to it in the background or totally focus on it. You can use it as an album to sleep to. You can use it in any context. It's an album that many people can like...if you like Radiohead, you will love this album because you can hear beautiful arrangements of your favourite Radiohead songs. If you are a classical fan, you will love it as well because of the classical arrangements and the classical piano technique. Whatever the case, this is one of the most beautiful albums I have heard in quite a while.
It's generally the happier tracks that shine on this album. Songs like "Black Star" and "Airbag" are amazing. That said, every track on this album is wonderful. There is little point in having a track-by-track review of this album, because most of the songs sound similar and most of you will know the Radiohead songs anyway. I will list some tracks that stand out as amazing, although it is hard to decide because they are all amzing.
Album Highlights
Black Star
Knives Out
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Airbag
Fake Plastic Trees
Let Down
If you like classical, Radiohead or beautiful piano pieces, check this cd out for sure. I'd encourage most of you to give it a listen, just use the link at the top. This cd is more than just a refreshing change from Radiohead's albums, it's an amazing and brilliant album in it's own right. Check it out.
Final Rating: 4/5
