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- Release Date: February 18, 2003
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: New Age
Review
Compendia 's Zen Garden series blends musical exploration with the ambience of nature to create a landscape of relaxation. In this volume, entitled Soothing Seas, acoustic guitars blend with the occasional synthesizer or piano as waves crash in the background. Some selections are stronger than others; "Florida's Cold Wave," for example, lets the guitarist's chording breathe a bit before soaking the sound in ocean waves and keyboard overdubs. And the flute effect that runs through "Saravati" seems too much of a genre cliché on an album that already drifts on a cloud of established new age ideas. At the same time, however, it's those very things that make this kind of music so successful as a stress reliever, and in that respect Soothing Seas doesn't disappoint. It's well-suited to any relaxing activity, from napping to massage, and keeps a nice, steady pace throughout. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Where the Hand | (4:34) | ||
| The High Tower | (4:00) | ||
| City of the Sea | (4:38) | ||
| Solzhenitsyn | (4:40) | ||
| Florida's Cold Wave | (3:53) | ||
| Ritual for Three | (3:33) | ||
| Sarasvati | (3:46) | ||
| Sandcastle | (4:21) | ||
| Memory Serves | (3:40) | ||
| Gleaner of the Fields | (3:48) | ||
| First Light | (5:10) |
