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Divinities: Twelve Dances with God | 
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| Creators: Doane Perry, Douglas Mitchell, Gareth Wood, Ian Anderson, Andrew Giddings, Nina Gresin, Sid Gander, Randy Wigs, Christopher Cowie
Label: Angel Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy Used: $3.45
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 47498
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 55262
UPC: 724355526229
EAN: 0724355526229
ASIN: B000002SLD
Publication Date: 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | In a Stone Circle | | • | In Sight of the Minaret | | • | In a Black Box | | • | In the Grip of Stronger Stuff | | • | In Maternal Grace | | • | In the Moneylender's Temple | | • | In Defence of Faiths | | • | At Their Father's Knee | | • | En Afrique | | • | In the Olive Garden | | • | In the Pay of Spain | | • | In the Times of India (Bombay Valentine) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 Ian Anderson, himself September 14, 2007
Ever since the album Songs from the Wood, I've wanted to discuss theology with Ian Anderson. This album feels almost like doing it.
 A collection of great instrumentals August 9, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ian Anderson has always been known for his flute. What we have here is a flute player arranging and playing some very innovative flute.
The entire album is instrumental, so we miss out on Anderson's outstanding lyric writing talents.
Ian trades his lyrics in for some of the finest flute music you will ever want to hear.
There is not a bad song on the CD. The highlights for me include, In a Stone Circle, In the Grips of Stronger Stuff, and in defence of Faiths. These 3 compositions are not only outstanding but will stand the test of time, which in my mind is the only true test of music. You will never hear Ian Anderson compose anything more solid. The rest of the CD is basically elevator music with occasional highlights.
Ian plays the flute in his patented style and is in top form.
This is much better than its predecessor Walk into Light.
If you are a Jethro Tull fan this should interest you.
 Less Than Divine July 27, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
For the record, I've been a huge fan of Jethro Tull since 1968 and a great admirer of Ian Anderson's recent work, such as "The Secret Language of Birds." Anderson is, in my estimation, one of the more significant composer/musicians of our day, and his post-Jethro Tull work has been quite wonderful.
Having said that, I am disappointed with his Twelve Dances with God. The music is pretty, in a generic way, but it lacks the compositional intricacy that is the hallmark of Anderson's work. There are few, if any, key modulations, which Anderson does so well in other works. The pieces are all instrumental - flute together with orchestral instruments and the occasional keyboard. They are all pleasant, in a "new age" sort of way, but lacking musical substance. Nice background music for the office or at home, perhaps.
My chief disappointment is that all twelve pieces sound monotonously similar. I assumed that the theme of this album is the diversity of expressions as humans attempt to dance with God. Leaving the theological aspects aside (this is, after all, an album of music not a theological text), I would have expected a greater diversity of rhythm and tune. However, each track seems to flow into the next. Perhaps this is reflective of "new age spirituality" where truth and deity are rather elastic, but that would take some elucidation from Ian Anderson himself. The music itself doesn't seem to have much to say. If these are twelve dances with God, perhaps it would be better to let Him take the lead.
completely satisfied... August 9, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have been a long time Tull fan and consequently, Ian Anderson.
As mentioned in earlier reviews on this page, this is a true gem and a tribute to Ians ability to be musically creative, fluid and expansive in a musical genre distinctly different from his rock and blues roots.
Magical May 19, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This album holds me in rapt fascination whenever I play it. Each song is Anderson's interpretation of the spirit of one of Earths religions. The 12 songs are unique in their own right, but somehow mesh with each other, like they are all really dancing with the same God. Each time I listen to this work I hear more or feel something different. It is a masterpiece.
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