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 Ocean in your landlocked bedroom April 28, 2004
Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA)
112 out of 113 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of environmental sounds for relaxation. I often put the cd player on a timer for going to sleep if I am stressed, or use it for coaxing myself back to sleep if I wake with insomnia . The sad truth is that nearly my entire life, I've had trouble staying asleep the entire night. There is no time of night more USELESS than three am when you can't do anything that would wake up the rest of the house or else you really HAVE to sleep for a busy morning to come. Sometimes I get up and write, but recently, I've started playing environmental sounds to get to sleep and stay asleep. It really works for me. The problem with many of the ocean recordings I've heard is that they are either too crashingly loud, or have a fake sound, or the repeat is too short, all of which disturb you from the illusion of lying on a beach, dozing off. The quality of this recording is excellent. I can also say that this recording is fantastic when stuck on a long flight back from the West Coast. Just put on the headphones, and drop off for needed sleep on the red-eye. Ahhh.
rolling pebbles, waves, and office calm August 8, 2000
Birchpole (Seattle, WA USA)
83 out of 86 found this review helpful
In my never-ending quest for the perfect CD to politely drown out my co-workers office-doings, this became one of several CDs I purchased in a spending flurry. Cheap, yes. Sound quality, adequate for an office environment and a pair of cheap headphones. A few birds, a section that does a very nice job of capturing the sound of pebbles being pushed up the shoreline, and of course, the rhythmic waves. Not a bad CD to quell office chat. Recommended if you are hunting for something that isn't completely white noise static. This one's inflections aren't so intrusive that you stop thinking your way through a report. It even lends peacefulness to your desk.
Fantastic!!!!!! Very relaxing and soothing. July 26, 1999
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
I have listened to this cd for years! It is very relaxing and soothing and definitely helps me sleep. It is only true ocean sounds, no music crap added. This is my second copy, as the first one got scratched when I moved. I highly recommend it!!!!!!!!!
Most realistic, most variety, best I've found June 1, 2005
Ron Anderson (Alma, AR United States)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
Echoes of Nature: Ocean waves quickly became my favorite nature sound cd. It contains 4 tracks, each having a distinctly unique ocean sound. Note: If you are one of those who do not like animal sounds, a couple of tracks do contain seagulls and seals. I personally find them enjoyable, but then I am not using the cd to fall asleep. My personal favorite track is Big Surf as I love the huge crashing waves. Captivating and relaxing.
I later decided to purchase other Ocean recordings just to have more variety but have not found any that are as good. (I've tried Solitudes, and Sounds of the Earth, but both were dissapointing to me in comparison).
Rhythms of the Earth January 26, 2004
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
I couldn't recommend this CD more highly. It's almost as good as lying out on the beach... your eyes closed... listening to the waves. There may be other recordings every bit as good but there's none better. The recording artist used good equipment and placed the microphones just right on a wonderful beach where the waves break and roar and hiss and run up on the sand. You can hear the small pebbles click and tumble as the waves ebb and draw back. I bought this CD hoping it would help me get back to sleep at 3:00 in the morning. It does that and more. I play it when I'm relaxing in the living room. I play it when I'm reading, when I'm talking with my sweetie on the telephone. It's like fire. Something in us needs it... those sounds... those rhythms of the earth.
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