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| Journey to the West | 
| List Price: $17.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 187756
Category: Music
Artist: Monkey
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 4712765161952
ASIN: B001EDKZUM
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Monkey's World | | • | Monkey Travels | | • | Into the Eastern Sea | | • | The Living Sea | | • | The Dragon King | | • | Iron Rod | | • | Out of the Eastern Sea | | • | Heavenly Peach Banquet | | • | Battle in Heaven | | • | O Mi to Fu | | • | Whisper | | • | Tripitaka's Curse | | • | Confessions of a Pig | | • | Sandy the River Demon | | • | March of the Volunteers | | • | The White Skeleton Demon | | • | Monk's Song | | • | I Love Buddha | | • | March of the Iron Army | | • | Pigsy in Space | | • | Monkey Bee | | • | Disappearing Volcano |
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Album Description
Asian edition of the 2008 album from this Damon Albarn-led project featuring one bonus track. Albarn has never had a problem proving his versatility. The Blur front man's side projects have encompassed everything from cult animators to African drummers, so it seems apt that his latest attempt at a cross-cultural balancing act culminates in a teetering tableau of spinning dishes. Monkey: Journey to the West features music by Albarn with designs by Gorillaz collaborator Jamie Hewlett, and was conceived and directed by the Chinese opera specialist Chen Shi-Zheng. Co-commissioned by the Manchester International Festival, the Theater du Ch?telet in Paris and the Staatsoper Berlin, it's a high-octane Rock 'N' Roll circus, performed in Mandarin and featuring over 50 Chinese acrobats, martial arts experts and a team of tiny contortionists so pliable they could have flown over as cabin luggage. XL. 2008.
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| Customer Reviews:
Utterly Amazing November 11, 2008
Albarn comes through again with what I can only describe as a masterwork. While many of the pieces on this album are short (many are less than one minute long), the longer pieces are stunning and quite often moving beyond description. The real gems here are:
*"Confessions of a Pig," which is a near-techno operatic lament that perfectly captures the tragedy of Pigsy's life (judging from the tone--can't speak to the lyrics as I do not speak Chinese).
*"Heavenly Peach Banquet," an incredibly engaging piece that has me mouthing faux-chinese lyrics along with it.
*"Monkey Bee," for which I can only suggest a search of Youtube or Veoh for a copy of the video--it's Beijing Opera and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Gorillaz (both visually and musically)
*"Disappearing Volcano," a denouement that manages to blast the listener with the perfect marriage of classical operatic themes and Chinese opera.
Grab a copy of the book "Journey to the West" and this album. The music will NOT get old even while reading all four volumes!
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