Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl User Opinions

Harold Budd and Brian Eno The Pearl

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Release Date: 1984
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4.0 excellent	zaruyache \| January 28th 16
Attack of the Atmospheric Pianos II: Budd/Eno Boogaloo Bump

5.0 classic	Shadow17 \| March 12th 10
Masterpiece ambient. Maybe the best ambient I know, after personal favorite Endless Summer. Bump

5.0 classic

lateoctober | February 6th 08

What is probably still the pinnacle of Harold Budd’s highly consistent carrier. 1984's The Pearl is fittingly titled and remains one of the most serine slices of music ever cut from the ambient genre. Legendry producer and musician Brian Eno also deserves equal credit here as his haunting soundscapes are grounded firmly into the music instead of just the production values (and producer Danny Lanois does a fine job here to). The Pearl is also an avant garde release. When Budd's delicate piano notes strike a harmony with Eno's languid atmospheres they paint timeless imagery of places never before discovered. Followers of the ambient genre should make this mandatory.

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4.5 superb

aneagleinyourmind1 | January 20th 07

Harold Budd and Brian Eno had already made an ambient landmark release in 1980 with Ambient 2, but in 1984 they created an even greater album: The Pearl. Using the same minimalist ambient formula used in Ambient 2, the duo create a beautifully painted work of art with their soft and atmospheric approach. The Pearl is my favorite Eno/Budd album, and is easily one of the my favorite ambient albums of all time.

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