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Excellent ambient disc.

Michael G. Hannaford | Sacramento, CA USA | 03/01/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is my favorite Delerium album. It's by far the most spacey and minimalist. I almost didn't give it a fair shake because the samples of HAL from 2001 in the beginning of the first track are so obvious and silly that they make me laugh, but the other five tracks are really top-notch stuff, especially track 6 which is a very beautiful ambient piece a la Brian Eno's "Apollo" or early Tangerine Dream (but with better production). "Spheres" is not at all like later Delerium releases - e.g. Semantic Spaces, Karma, Poem, etc., when they got more danceable and added the female vocalist(s). Those more dancey albums aren't my bag - I hate the vocals and the tame, predictable beats don't do much for me. Chances are, if you like those later albums a lot, you probably won't like this."

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Mike Reed | USA | 06/08/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"What drew me to this CD was the track "Dark Matter" that I first heard on the various artists 'Space Daze' 2-CD(see my review).This is the ONLY Delerium disc I have.I consider this project that includes players Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber to be 'dark ambient'.Key tunes are the twelve-minute "Colony","Cloud Barrier" and the previously mentioned "Dark Matter"(disc's best cut).Might appeal to fans of Front Line Assembly,Dead Can Dance,Breathless and Front 242.Give it a listen."

Excellent disc!

Robert LaBarge | Mesa, AZ USA | 05/20/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is Delerium for those who are worried about buying something too structured. Excellent CD, but only for fans of ambient and ethereal...fans of Karma, Poem, and Chimera may be disappointed. But buy it anyway! Expand your horizons!"