Spirit House

• Artist: Celestial
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• Release Date: March 24, 1998
• Genre: World

Review

Celestial's first album, Spirit House, is an engaging blend of styles and sounds. Peter Millward is the group's mastermind, writing most of the songs and thereby developing a signature sound which draws from a variety of sources, from contemporary worldbeat, pop and new age music to Vietnamese and Chinese folk. There's nothing overtly challenging on the album. Instead, it's an inviting set of worldbeat fusion deisgned to stimulate emotions, not the mind. And, according to that criterion, it works very well indeed. ~ Rodney Batdorf, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Vietnam	Traditional	Celestial	(1:27)
Cang Ding	Traditional	Celestial	(4:51)
Carrickfergus	Traditional	Celestial	(4:30)
I Feel Strange	Peter Millward	Celestial	(5:44)
The Last Gong Before Sailing	Traditional	Celestial	(4:14)
Life's Greates Tragedy	Peter Millward	Eugene Pao	(2:31)
Bio-Gravity	Peter Millward	Celestial	(5:24)
When Will My Love Return	Traditional	Celestial	(4:47)
Nepal	Traditional	Neelam Shrestha, Sur Sudha, Bijaya Vaidya, Celestial	(3:24)
An Bradán Feasa	Peter Millward	Celestial	(3:59)
Trans-Mongolian Express	Peter Millward	Ben Wong, Celestial	(4:32)
I Can Feel It	Peter Millward	Celestial	(2:49)

Credits

Sur Sudha (Performer), David Packer (Harmonica), Andy Hagen (Arranger), Ben Wong (Performer), Eugene Pao (Guitar), Eugene Pao (Performer), Bijaya Vaidya (Performer), Ben Wong (Vocals), Bijaya Vaidya (Sitar)