White Stones | ||||
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Studio album by Secret Garden | ||||
Released | 15 April 1997 | |||
Genre | New-age | |||
Length | 56:17 | |||
Label |
Mercury Records Philips Polygram |
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Producer | Rolf Lovland | |||
Secret Garden chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic |
White Stones (released 15 April 1997 by Mercury Records – 534 605-2 (PolyGram / Philips Records) is the second album by Secret Garden.
Here the duo Rolf Løvland and Fionnuala Sherry play with the conventions of Celtic and neo-classical music, weaving in unexpected elements like Spanish guitars and Eastern European folk melodies as their muse dictates. It reveals an overall mood is weighty, heart-centered, and Secret Garden is providing a supportive background for personal reflection. The touching melancholia lifts some on tracks like the polyrhythmic intoxication of «Windancer» and «Escape», which tastes a bit of Gypsy caravans and circus performers run amok.
The Allmusic reviewer Rovi awarded the album 4.5 stars.
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