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| 1000 Airplanes on the Roof | 
 enlarge | Creators: Philip Glass, Michael Riesman, Jack Kripl, Jon Gibson, Richard Peck, Linda Ronstadt
Label: Emd Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
Buy New: $9.96
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 62038
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 077778610625
EAN: 0077778610625
ASIN: B00000DR5Q
Release Date: July 1, 1992
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | 1000 Airplane On The Roof | | • | City Walk | | • | Girlfriend | | • | My Building Disappeared | | • | Screens Of Memory | | • | What Time Is Grey | | • | Labyrinth | | • | Return To The Hive | | • | Three Truths | | • | The Encounter | | • | Grey Cloud Over New York | | • | Where Have You Been Asked The Doctor | | • | A Normal Man Running |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Philip Glass CD April 5, 2007
The service I received on this order was excellent. I was stunned at how quickly the package arrived.
The CD itself I don't much care for. That having been said, please understand I am not a big fan of New Age music. I bought the CD because a drum and bugle corps called Phantom Regiment is performing material from it in their field show this summer. I am very curious to see what the staff gleaned from this.
 Great fun! March 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is incidental music to a play, so it's all wordless [the voice of Linda Ronstadt being used as an instrument] and contained. It's Glass' take on a classic sci-fi score...his version of the original Star Trek theme. [that's why the electric keyboard sound...which is not "cheesy" but essential to the scale and mood of the piece] Sometimes dreamy, sometime frantic, it is full of invention and mood.
Great for driving!!
Know before you buy! August 4, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is not typical Glass music, I do not believe. The emphasis of the opera as well as the music is to create an impression of the incredible and amazing, not so much to create a landscape and gaze at it, as Philip Glass music often does.
For someone who is new to Philip Glass' older works, this may be a gentle introduction. For more seasoned fans who do not know about the opera, you may want to do your homework first.
 Did not like it March 11, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a huge fan of early Philip Glass, I was anticipating wonderful things when I bought this album.
It disappointed me greatly, though. The organic tone of the Farfisa organs was gone, replaced by a very cheesy plastic dull sounding FM synthesis keyboard sound.
And the compositions seemed to be rehashes of the earlier Glass idioms.
I ended up getting rid of this album, after trying a few more times to get into it.
And that's pretty sad (compare to my favorite Glass albums -- including "Music in 12 Parts", "Einstein on the Beach", "North Star", "Akhnaten", "Satyagraha", "Dance Pieces", "The Photographer")
1000 Airplanes: A Spacy Opera November 23, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure what to think of this album after listening to it a couple of times. I found myself enamored with Track 10, however, a very fast, powerful, maddening tune, and felt the need to go back and re-evaluate the entire album. I found that the album is quick, very thematic, thought-provoking. In fact, I didn't know anything about the theme of the album, but as I listened, I felt I was on the brink of insanity. As it happens, a friend of mine mentioned that the opera is just that--about someone who is a bit whacked. This album is a top five of mine. It's a bit spacy, edgy, crazy. Linda Ronstadt's out-of-this-world vocals are awesome. If you like Philip Glass, you'll love this album!
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