Finally, Pamela and Randy Copus release an album in the year they named their group after.
Favorites on Billboard's new age chart, they go deep-sea diving on this sweeping, often majestic musical exploration of the ocean.
There's not much dance of dolphins at play in the music (i.e., expect more caressing atmosphere and meditative melodies than anything too innovative or exciting), but they do evoke a bit of the classic Enya sound.
On the opening track, "The Ocean Dreams," they blend a synth footprint pattern with a soothing flute and twangy acoustic guitar, all somewhat muted to give off the murky effect of bright sunlight probing beneath the darkening water.
"The Sound of Still Water" and "The Sea at Night" are pleasant acoustic guitar lullabies that seduce by their very lack of percussive motion.
A more lively Celtic ambience infuses "The River's Journey" with joyful movement; it comes across like a lush film score piece.
The touch of acoustic piano on "Oceans of Life" is a nice organic change of pace in this largely electronic world.
A great disc to put on after a stressful day when you feel like just kicking back and letting life float by for a minute.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ocean Dreams2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:05 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | The Sound of Still Water2002 | 2002 | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The Sea at Night2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:02 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Valley of Healing Waters2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:17 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | The River's Journey2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:17 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Oceans of Life2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Well of Wisdom2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:46 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Lady of the Moon2002 | 2002 | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Nautilus2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Heart of the Nile2002 | 2002 | Play | 05:59 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 51 mins | 118 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | Composer, Engineer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 2 | Robin Algaze | Art Direction |
| 3 | Pamela Copus | Arranger |
| 4 | Randy Copus | Arranger, Mastering |
| 5 | Don King | Photography |
| 6 | Michael McKee | Photography |
| 7 | Terence Yallop | Executive Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |