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Disc: 1
Track 1: Motion of the Stars, The	Listen	Listen
Track 2: Will of the Wind, The	Listen	Listen
Track 3: Metallic Rain	Listen	Listen
Track 4: Elsewhere	Listen	Listen
Track 5: Dial Out	Listen	Listen
Track 6: Glorianna (Hymn a la Femme)	Listen	Listen
Track 7: Rotation's Logic	Listen	Listen
Track 8: Oracle of Apollo, The	Listen	Listen
Track 9: Message	Listen	Listen
Track 10: Ave	Listen	Listen
Track 11: First Approach	Listen	Listen
Track 12: Intergallactic Radio Station - (bonus track)	Listen	Listen


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Recorded at Sound Studios, Athens, Greece.
Vangelis' 1988 entry sees him embracing some of the new technological and rock idioms soon to be in vogue in the pristine digital '90s. Going digital was not a foreign thing to Vangelis. On DIRECT, he works with a very wide palette of sounds and textures. In doing so, he creates one of his most diverse and interesting records.
Close your eyes and let "The Motion of Stars" take you on its celestial course. Rivulets of trilling electronics suggest quantum mechanics set to digital rhythms; arcing strings signal the point of solar explosion. "The Will of the Wind" is a slow-beat boat ride down an Amazonian waterway. Shakuhachi flutes coo, synthetic sounds throb, and guitar samples liquefy. The majestic propensity of Vangelis' magnificent BLADE RUNNER and THE BOUNTY soundtracks-which actually harks back to the era of SEE YOU LATER-rears its head again on "The Oracle of Apollo." The most cinematic of Vangelis' non-soundtrack albums, DIRECT is grand stuff.

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His finest work
by NetDanzr, 3/11/2002

Pros: Able to stir lots of emotion in the listener.

Cons: A little eclectic; some songs are a bit too aggressive.

The Bottom Line: Vangelis has really overdone himself with Direct .

Review: Words cannot describe what I feel when listening to this album. Its strange, though, as this album …

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Vangelis' Direct
by gnarus, 4/2/2000

Pros: The CD is 63 minutes long

Cons: There are only 74 minutes allowed on any given CD

Review: I have been a fan of Vangelis' music for over 21 years and own about 98% of everything that has ever …

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One of Vangelis' Best
by ZedEvans, 3/1/2000

Pros: Energized, transportive, non-tacky SynthScapes

Cons: Squandered too much of my adolescence listening to this album over and over again.

Review: This album must be a pinnacle of Vangelis' work. Though many older fans who have been with him since …

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