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Summary: The Music of Nature: listen
Comment: These and similar atmospheric recordings seem to have several types of buyer: those who want a sedative or sleep-inducer to calm their agitation or put them to sleep; those who want the hear an anthology of sounds they expected from watching nature shows or reading illustrated nature books; those who have a meditative ear of the music of nature and human ambience, like that of John Cage; and those who want an exotic background for routine daily activities to put themselves in another place, as if living in a hut in the field. I seek no application other than an appreciation of new sounds. I just listen to the virtual volume of space. If you are of like mind, this recording should be a worthy addition to your collection, like those of the splendid Ryko Cape Cod series.
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Summary: a bath in crazy wildlife
Comment: with all respect dear fellow review-writers... To me - this is one of the most delightful experiences to dwell in. Lie down, shut the mind and swim in sounds of animals never encountered, sometimes a bird comes close to the microphone while the background carpet of jungle-sound embraces. If you have been to the rainforest or not - it is a strange world which is great to recuperate in and an awe to fall into for the massive of species on the planet and the magic their sounds can produce.
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Summary: It's froglicious!
Comment: This is, without a doubt, the best frog album I own. If you like frogs, or mosquitos, or large bulbous things that chirp very loudly, you owe it to yourself to purchase this CD. In retrospect I have no idea why I bought this, and I certainly don't have any idea why this CD exists in the first place, but frog fans will be in frog heaven with this froglicious frog album.
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Summary: Yee-ouchh! A painfull cacophany of jungle sounds.
Comment: I bought this CD because of the impressive-sounding credentials of Ruth Happel, the lady who recorded all the sounds found on the disc. I was searching for a relaxing ambient recording, and I hoped that this would be a genuine, high-quality representation of actual rainforest animals, bugs and birds going about their daily routines of hooting, grunting, buzzing, and singing, accompanied by the gentle pattering of rain on leafy canopies.Never having been within nine or ten thousand kilometres of an actual rainforest (!) I can't say for sure whether this CD actually does accurately capture the sounds of rainforest life. I can say however that this disc is painfully loud; I'd liken it to Nature's version of a heavy construction site, complete with a regiment of pneumatic drills, the revving of bulldozer engines and the hammer and clang of men, metal and concrete. Ouch!
I've played this disc twice in the six months since I bought it, and each time I've had to struggle to listen to the end, the sounds simply proving too disagreeable to make it worthwile. It isn't what I was looking for. If you're hoping to relax while this CD plays softly in the background you may be disappointed. I would recommend instead a CD called "Rainforest" by Echoes of Nature". In my warped and twisted opinion that particular CD is much more subtle and calming.
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Summary: Crickets and rain
Comment: 20 minutes of crickets followed by 20 minutes of rain followed by (oh goody) another 20 minutes of crickets. If you listen real hard you can hear a bird or two. Too bad I didn't see the last review before I ordered it!
