76:14

There are ten songs, yet only one that I will listen to again. Song #3 which is titled 9:25, apparently for its length. It is melodic and well done. The rest of the CD reveals a lot of terrifically creative ideas, but there is an element of annoying repetitiveness in the song loops that becomes tiresome and even irritating after a while. Perhaps if they shortened the length of the songs this would be less problematic for me at least. Specific examples of this aspect are: Song #2 14:31 and Song #10 12:18 where the initial attack on the synth male voices is too hard and does not vary with each ensuing loop of it. I have listened to this CD while driving and while seated in my recording studio both while using headphones and without them. I am still unclear as to what they are trying to convey with this concept. However, I do appreciate the quality of musicianship in this effort.


Classic ambient album   August 16, 2002
Jay M (Dublin, Ireland)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

One of the most perfect ambient albums. Some tracks do have beats but most songs are carried along by the melody or bassline.

Probably the best 'warm' ambient album, if you get my meaning, as opposed to the 'icy' ambient of Biosphere's 'Substrata'.

You really have to have this album in your collection, ambient fan or not. It's one of those all time classics, a trend-setting milestone. Check out the 'Tick-Tock' song, you get what I mean!


Overrated and not really ambient at all   April 1, 2003
Stephen E. Andrews (Somerset United Kingdom)
10 out of 39 found this review helpful

For the ambient purist, the majority of recordings described as such simply are not ambient. Unlike the original ambient records of Eno, which are designed to seep in and out of consciousness using their subtle textures and absence of beats, Global Communication's effort is typical of ambient as defined by kids who have grown up since the rise of house/rave music.
The key failings of this album are (1) its textures are thick and unsubtle and (2) it is laden with beats. In short, it's too intrusive to be truly ambient - unlike Eno's 'On Land', Biosphere's 'Sunstrata', Thomas Koner's 'Nuuk' or John Foxx' 'Cathedral Oceans'.
However, if you like the contradiction in terms that is ambient house, you'll probably think this is the best chill out album ever...but then you probably never heard any true ambient music...


This has got to be THE coolest ambient album EVER - words cannot describe how awesome this is!   January 21, 2006
C. Cross (New Haven, CT USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

Wow...wow wow wow wow...I've heard a LOT of albums (over 3,000), but this one is INCREDIBLE. It's true that I only have a small amount of ambient albums (The Orb, Orbital, Mouse On Mars, Biosphere, Aphex Twin, Colleen, DJ Wally, etc...), but this one is just so ridiculously good I can't even come up with the right words to praise it. It's definitely an ambient album, but it's more of an experience then anything else - it feels like you're in another world when you're listening to this. The production here is amazing - obviously I have no idea how to describe the electronic blips and bloops, but they're all very high quality, fun and interesting to pay attention to. It's an audio journey like no other. I suppose you could say it's ambient music with some house mixed in, but essentially it's just a great "chill-out" album to groove to. When it comes to this kind of music there isn't much else you can say about it, really. If you like ambient music in the slightest then "76:14" will probably be the best darn ambient album you ever get! Absolutely recommended!

Highlights include:
the entire album!


haunting and beautiful   March 31, 2002
Gordon Hackman (Buffalo Grove, IL)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

This is without a doubt, one of the best ambient/electronic albums ever made. The sound leans less toward the electronica/club feel of a lot of ambient music, and more towards what I would describe as a new age feel. Don't let that put you off though, or make you think this music is bland or boring. This is some of the most haunting and beautiful music I have ever heard. Particular favorites of mine are the opening track "4:02" with its ethereal, shifting, sliding feel, and the second track "14:31" which uses a variation on a few repeated notes to create a deeply moving piece of music. There isn't a single track on here that I don't like, though.

None of the tracks are given names, but are simply given a numerical designation which is also the length of each track. This is to keep the listener from having any preconcieved imagery in his or her mind while listening to the music, but instead is meant to allow the listener to form his or her own images and associations with the music. Highly recommended.