Loved ambivalently—most memorably by Amazon reviewer J.R. in a fascinating review entitled "Don't Be Deceived," which reads almost like a how-to manual for making your own ambient electronic music—some songs absolutely beguile, hypnotize, and last, especially the the almost-perfect "Rue the Whirl" (although its ending kind of falls apart), the numerologic "Aquarius," "Olsen," and the catchy "Happy Cycling"; others, like "Eagle in Your Mind" and "Color of the Fire," marred by the overly intrusive samples of an unidentified child's squeals of "I love you!", verge, despite the accolades heaped upon them, on being boring. 1998

Suspended in a deep, sonorous sound are snatches of dialogue, some of which is sampled, it turns out, from David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks, such as "Hyperborea": "In my vision, I was on the veranda of some vast estate of colossal proportions," or the accented voice in "The Things I Tell You," gently saying, "Sorry I had to wake you/ I have something to tell you/ The things I tell you/ Will not be wrong." Read more about the lyrics on the Wikipedia article about this album here. 1997

An under-appreciated album of strong, introspective songs, about wisdom ("Elemental"), simple living ("Break It Down Again"), and dog walking ("Dog's a Best Friend's Dog") held nicely together with instrumentation that peaks in the ethereal, perfect "Gas Giants." 1993