Customer Rating: 
Summary: Easy listening, NOT ambient
Comment: Trite lyrics, cloying vocals and uninspired arrangements surf for a lowest common denominator. The result is saccharin, at best. Too upfront to be ambient but too unengaged to be trance, this is Celt-influenced easy listening music.
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Summary: Tranquil and engaging melodies
Comment: I was drawn by the name Phillip O'Reilly and have now purchased the other available Dagda titles. My only complaint is the paper packaging may have contributed to poor retail sales (I can't find Dagda in stores). This CD certainly has wonderful music that deserves more audience. My rating of 4 means I like the album, still listen to it and recommend a purchase.
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Summary: Never Falls Down!
Comment: Once again the Celtic miracle produced a magical and wondrous work of art. "Sleeping With The Gods Of Love", continues their unique blend of Celtic and trance music.Dagda are Reg Keating providing all the words and music for "Sleeping With The Gods Of Love" and Phillip O'Reilly on keyboards and programming. The two musicians are joined by Martin Rolan on Uilleann pipes and whistles and the main vocals are by Aisling O'Neill. Una Ni Baoghaill also provides additional vocals on the "Delilah" track.
The whole CD can be summed up in Reg Keating's haunting introduction vocal:
"Do not search for him in fields of clay
His spirit hasn't changed now that he's free
of mortal coil and temporal earthly bonds
Look up and see his light among the stars
When you don't hear his voice upon the breeze
Nor taste his tears in gently falling rain
That's when he rests above the universe
Celestial...Sleeping with the Gods Of Love."
My favorites on this eleven track CD are "Prolog", "Anthem Of The Gods", "Delilah", "Angel Eyes", "Gods Of Love Live Here", "Spirits Fly" and the closing track "Karina". My pick for best tracks on "Sleeping With The Gods Of Love" are "Sailing By" and the very moving instrumental entitled "Pipes Of Eros". As on Dagda's previous releases the songs on this CD move seamlessly from one track to another.
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Summary: VERY ROMANTIC
Comment: DAGDA REALLY CAME THROUGH ON THIS ONE.IF YA WANT A ROMANTIC EVENING,DAY,OR MORNING THIS CD WILL ENHANCE IT.LET THE SOOTHING SOUNDS AND SWEET HEAVENLY SINGING TAKE YOU OVER.FOR DANCING THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST.IT IS REALLY EASY TO GET INTO THE FLOW OF THE MUSIC.MORE THAN ONCE TAMMY AND I FOUND OURSELF DANCING FROM DUSK TO DAWN ON JUST THIS CD.THE MUSIC IS ALSO VERY GOOD FOR A CANDLELIGHT DINNER.AND HERE AGAIN LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOU OVER WHILE WATCHING AND THINKING OF THE PERSON SITTING ACROSS FROM YOU IT IS VERY ROMANTIC.THANKS DAGDA.
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Summary: MYSTICAL & DREAMY--FULL OF LONGING & SINCERITY
Comment: SLEEPING WITH THE GODS OF LOVE is a cd that I will never part with; it's staying with me for life! How many cd's can you say that about? I know I haven't said it about many. Five stars doesn't do it justice. How the songs flow together from start to finish as well as the balance of lyrical melodies spaced with instrumentals is brilliantly compelling. It pulls the listener into it. I Love music that does this to me! You can lean back and float while this is on. It's great for meditation, relaxing, yoga, tai chi, studying, writing--ANYTHING! PROLOG sets a perfect mood--reaches out and demands your attention right away. I wish all artists knew how important the first song on a cd is! Fifty-six seconds well spent!
ANTHEM OF THE GODS is an instrumental that flows smoothly, raising the listener higher as it complements and multiplies the ethereal mood set by "Prolog."
DELILAH is beautiful, however, my least favorite. It's the only song with some negative lyrics. I prefer lyrics and music that make my heart Soar! However, I feel it was very appropriate to include it to show that no one is perfect--not Delilah, and certainly not me. There is good in everyone--that's the bottom line.
ANGEL EYES blows me away with its gorgeous lyrics and vocals by Aisling O'Neil. "No matter where it leads you, this destiny that calls you, you must be true to your heart from the start. And where your spirit leads you, just follow through your own way. You'll see it through and there'll be stars in your eyes." My favorite song on the cd.
SAILING BY as well as the rest of the cd, has the angelic, yet at the same time, sensual voice of Aisling. I can picture myself on a sailboat and feel the warm sun on my face as the cool breezes blow my clothes and hair.
DREAMING is my second favorite song with lyrics. The instruments used are perfect to convey the feeling of drifting off to dreamland. If you have insomnia, you need music like this--not just this song, the entire cd!
HOLD ME NOW, GODS OF LOVE LIVE HERE, SPIRITS FLY (my favorite instrumental with PIPES OF EROS a close second,) and last but definitely not least, KARINA. It leaves a question mark--a lovely ending to a gorgeous cd.
I can't recommend this any higher. If you like Loreena McKennitt, Dead Can Dance and Lisa Gerrard, Govinda and/or Enigma, I am pretty certain you will enjoy SLEEPING WITH THE GODS OF LOVE.
Soar!
