Release Date: 07 June, 1996
Audio CD
Tracks
- Blue Collar Love
- Monterey
- Sled
- Hazel Would
- Zenith
- 2nd Space Song
- Droned
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- She Only Knows
- Dungeon
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Rating 4.5
Starflyer 59- the soundtrack of my lifeWithout a doubt this is the moodiest, spaciest dreamiest masterpiece. When I heard this in college, it rooted me in my life in a way other music never has. Listening to this in full volume is the only way to go- you can truly appreciate the layer of sounds, and a laid back voice that's never strident or angry, just mellifluously melodramatic.
It is a Christian work in the sense that Lord of the Rings is a Christian work. It's not overt, it's just part of the art.
Quite simply it got me through every breakup in college and has gotten me through the other low points in my life. A companion without comparison, truly one of the reasons I love music. If you like this, definitely get "She's the Queen", which features remixes from this CD.Starflyer 59 is for Lovers!!!I remember hearing Hazel Would for the first time and simply being floored. Never had I heard such beauty, what an onslaught of chaotic spacey noise. That song alone solidified my LOVE for starflyer. It's a shame people are giving this album a rating under 4 stars, it's definitely a masterpiece. Please give these guys a listen it will change you. the Zenith is perhaps one of my favorite. It had the strangest beginning and then it just morphs into this beautfiul song. the harmonys at the end are killer. You just have to listen to this one from beginning to end not one bad song, it will dissolve in you and take you to space. Pick this album up you wont regret it, and while your at get all their other albums because you too will become a lover!Life-changingOkay, maybe life-changing is a little too dramatic. I am no musical expert; I cannot dazzle anyone with erudition. I merely offer my own experience. There are four essential recordings (and I own hundreds of CDs in many genres) that have changed the way I think about music: Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", Nirvana's "Nevermind", Counting Crows' "August and Everything After", and Starflyer 59's "Silver". This is the highest praise I can give to an album. The musical atmosphere today is very different than it was ten years ago, when "Silver" was released; this album may not sound as revolutionary now as it did then. And I wouldn't even call it my favorite SF59 album (I lean toward "Gold"). Nevertheless, "Silver" is truly a classic, and easily worth whatever amount Amazon will charge you for it. |
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