SHE MADE THE WORLD MAGENTA

The best thing to do, in my opinion, is to process this album with a music program that separates the instrumental and vocal parts. Then what will remain is wonderful music in the new age style with a flavor of jazz, fusion, sometimes with excursions into psychedelia, sometimes into word music. And the voice can be listened to separately as an audiobook, if someone is interested in delving into the trance esoteric revelations of Gilli Smyth.

Why am I so strict? Because it seems to me that this album is hopelessly spoiled by singing. Although it is difficult to call Mrs. Smith's endless melancholic recitatives singing. I don't know, maybe I am not on the same wavelength with her, because I do not take substances that expand consciousness or am not so abstracted from reality. Or maybe I do not understand the meaning of her messages, which, it seems, only she understands. But I do not like this approach to music. Her voice seems out of place. I had to scroll each track with her voice further and further forward. I usually do not do that.

The only thing that keeps me from giving this album one star is the wonderful instrumentals where Mrs. Smith doesn't say anything. Unfortunately, there are only three of them, and they are short. This is the gentle, airy Sea Horse with a smooth saxophone line and otherworldly chants. This is also Waipu with a pleasant guitar and naturalistic sounds of nature in the style of Deep Forest and Enigma. These groups and similar music were very popular at the time. The Spirit Of The Bush is in the same style, the only thing missing is the singing of the aborigines. Very unexpected music for the Gong Universe, I didn't expect to find it here. Perhaps something good can be said about the other compositions, but only after removing the narration of the text. In a completely instrumental form, this album could have received 4 stars. But as it is, only 2, unfortunately.