Sleep Soundly

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.com
One of the fundamental criticisms of New Age music is that it puts people to sleep. Here, Steven Halpern, one of the founding fathers of New Age, makes that his mission and, as you might expect, does an effective job of it. Drawing on catalog material from the early 1980s, Halpern builds an attractive collection of delicate, lighter-than-air sonic textures that nicely serves the intended purpose--to fill the silence with something prettier than white noise. Halpern does so by blending electric and acoustic piano, plus additional keyboards, to create soothing, improvisational, cloudlike musical abstractions that often convey the tranquil randomness of wind chimes in a soft breeze. The liner notes also promise your subconscious will be exposed to a series of subliminal, sleep-encouraging affirmations along the quiet, unstructured way. This may sound like so much frou-frou to the unconverted, but for anyone sincerely interested in a sleep aid, Halpern's disc is a certified snoozer, a New Age music box. Other New Age discs may accomplish the same purpose as Sleep Soundly, but few will do it as persuasively. --Terry Wood

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-01-07 rating:
Not The Greatest CD for Falling Asleep To
The piano tracks on this CD are a little "syrupy," such as the lullaby melodies at various intervals ... I was looking for music that I could read to and fall asleep to that allows you to relax in a semi-meditative state and I find that this CD is too contrived in it's choice of melodies and tone varieties. If you are looking for light piano music this CD is fine, but if you are looking for soothing meditation sounds, this is not the CD for you.

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review by: jrr date: 2008-10-13 rating:
Meh
Warning: I do not fit in with the "new age" hippie folk who bought and reviewed this album.

I got this album because I wanted something soothing to fall asleep to - this mission was accomplished, as the music is quite soothing. But, I have listened to several Halpern records and I must say, for how many albums this guy puts out, a lot of them sound the same. Yes, the genre lends itself to repetition, which is part of the soothing aspect he is going for, but cmon. I also don't subscribe to the "energy" bs that a lot of the reviewers claim to feel when listening to it. Feeling "energy" from the music is just a snobby way of saying they liked it. It did not heal you, it did not purify your soul. It sounded good and made you feel better. ok.

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review by: date: 2008-05-27 rating:
best of the sleep CD's I tried
I tried many CDs as I weaned myself off of sleep aids during a very difficult year. A lot of them had lovely music, some had delta and theta wave-stimulating tones underneath... but almost all of them had annoying variances in tone/volume. Music would crescendo and pull me back out of the dream-state I had just finally entered. This was the only CD I could sleep through the night with. I kept it on "Repeat" and listened to it every night for several months until my sleep patterns were restored. Later, I used it with my colicky baby, and have since given several copies to friends to try. It may not work for everyone, but it definitely worked for me.

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review by: date: 2008-05-22 rating:
OK maybe it's just me
There were a few cuts on this CD that I liked well enough. But for me, most of the music was a little like being trapped in a slow-moving elevator, and I couldn't wait to get off. I guess I found the music rather shallow. It just didn't touch me or reach me at a level deep enough to relax me or put me to sleep.


review by: John date: 2008-05-19 rating:
Fall Asleep CD
This CD really relaxes you and makes you go to sleep fast...I highly recommend it.

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