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Summary: Musical Genius
Comment: Ritchies soulful prowess of expression via the guitar is not lost here! Beautiful heart rendering passages of music, lyrics and vocals with Ritchie playing powerfully moving passages in and out. Listen carefully and you can here his famous Strat signature playing layered into the wall of sound!

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Summary: not my cup of tea
Comment: well I have to admit that if a band always sounds the same then it would be a very dull world. The reason I start with that is because the reason I fell in love with this group was for the medieval/olden times sound that they often create. This CD has a few songs on it that capture that old time Medieval/Minstrel sound and it is delightful. Although the rest of the album's offerings are good, there is a lot of electric guitar and a certain "pop" music sound as well. It just didn't have as many songs that made you feel you were at a Ren fair. Oh well. They are still a great band, this just won't be one of their CD's I listen to very much.

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Summary: Hauntingly lyrical and inspiring
Comment: This was my 2nd cd purchase by Blackmore's Night and now I own 3 and the DVD Castles & Dreams. I love this cd as much as my first one and I find myself humming or singing the songs all day. I have shared this discovery with other music friends of mine and they are now collecting the rest of the cd's. Refreshing and mystical and I love "anti-commercial" music. I applaude Richie and Candance for sharing their music from their heart.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I need more stars than five! Ten probably...
Comment: Great music. I love it! Ritchie plays wonderful, Candice Night, his wife, uses her beautiful voice perfectly. Her voice matches specially well with Ritchie's medieval music... Yes. He plays now less Hard Rock and more the mix of folk-medieval-rock! Deep Purple, Rainbow and Blackmore's Night, those names are 'Made by Ritchie', and all of them give us music pure! But Blackmore's Night is special, very special. Listen to it and allow you to get carried away by the sound of this CD!

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Summary: Come gather round people wherever you roam.....
Comment: "Village in the Sand" is a classic. A powerful mix of some good ol' riff-rock and ren. Not far behind are "Home Again" and "Written in the Stars".

As good as the aforementioned tracks are, "All Because of You" is pure cr*p. Mindless fluff. Should read "I-Have-a-Career-All-Because-of-You". Leave it home next time. Stick to cuts like the title track and "Mid-Winters Night".

And also lay off the Dylan classics. You're treading on sacred ground here.....

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