Customer Reviews
A great introduction to Soundscapes - By: , 07 Feb 2006 
A beautiful album, & a great introduction for anybody new to Fripp's Soundscapes.
Most of the Soundscapes CDs present material from one particular time, tour or even show. Although all of these pieces are "livein the USA" they span a number of years, & demonstrate a great varietyin approach & feel.
Easter Sunday has soloing of the type that fans of Fripp's more traditional guitar work will recognise, but mostly it's the sublime & atmospheric looped synthesiser tones that many of us find addictive. There's even a bit of vocoder on Love Cannot Bear which tickles me (because I can't help thinking of Mr Blue Sky) & moves me at the same time.
Give it a try - you might never look back!
A beautiful recording - By: , 16 Nov 2005 
I have received my copy of "Love Cannot Bear" from the US & I have played it attentively. Beauty seems unfashionable: "Love Cannot Bear" is beautiful.
The similarities with the work of contemporary & spiritual composers such as Arvo Pärt are helpful whether accidental or deliberate. (I am thinking perhaps of works like Pärt's Cantusin memory of Benjamin Britten.) This is meant as intelligent praise.
Are Soundscapes literal or metaphorical? Does this answer affect the choice of imagery to accompany them?
