Not His Best Effort
R. MARK Plummer | From the Former USA | 04/10/2008
(2 out of 5 stars)
"I have over 16 CDs from the Dr Thompson and really enjoy most of them, HOWEVER, it IS a mixed bag. Some are outstanding and others are somewhat weak. "Sapphire Skies" is in the weak category, here's why: 'musicianship' or lack of it. I'm not certain how some of the CDs can be so well done, while others (like this one) can sound so amateur. Different musicians perhaps? The playing on this one is SO bad it's distracting.
Instead, I would give really high ratings to some other CDs from Dr. Thompson, for example, I really like the "delta" (natural and ambient) music releases, the two "gamma meditation" releases get a lot of spins around here, as do the "healing mind" CDs. The two "delta" sleep disks are wonderful also.
"Sapphire Skies" is just not his best effort."
A diiferent style of music but equally relaxing
Peter J. A. Bilitch | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 05/04/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I am surprised to see such negative reviews, but on reflection I would guess that the previous reviewers were expecting this album to contain the same kind of ethereal ambient sounds that are on most of the Thompson brainwave albums.
The music on this album can be classified as ambient jazz and I find the slow paced melodies to be both hypnotic and relaxing."