Discography of New Age, Electronic, and Ambient Music
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Explanation of the Listings and Ratings
Artists:
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Rick Wakeman
- The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (A&M, 1973) ***
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth (A&M, 1974) **
- Myths And Legends Of King Arthur (A&M, 1975) **
- Lisztomania (A&M, 1975) * soundtrack
- No Earthly Connections (A&M, 1976) *
- White Rock (A&M, 1977) * soundtrack
- Criminal Record (A&M, 1977) *
- The Best Known Works (A&M, 1978) *
- Rhapsodies (A&M, 1979) ***
- 1984 (Charisma, 1981) **
- Burning (Charisma, 1982) * soundtrack
- Rock'N'Roll Prophet (Moon, 1982) * anthology
- G'Ole` (Charisma, 1983) * soundtrack
- Silent Nights (President, 1985) *
- Country Airs (President, 1986) **
- The Gospels (Stylus, 1986) *
- Night Airs (President, 198#) *
- Sea Airs (President, 1989) *
- The Family Album (President, 1987) *
- New Age Collection (President, 1987) *
- Live At Hammersmith (President, 1987) *
- Cost of Living (Virgin, 1987) *
- Crimes Of Passion (President, 1987) * soundtrack
- Suite of Gods (Relativity, 1988) *
- Zodiaque (Relativity, 1988) *
- A Suite Of Gods (President, 19##) * with Ramon Remedios
- African Bach (President, 19##) * with Ramon Remedios
- Aspirant Sunrise (President, 1991) *
- Aspirant Sunshadows (President, 1991) *
- Aspirant Sunset (President, 1991) *
- Wakeman With Wakeman (President, 1992) * with Adam Wakeman
- Heritage Suite (President, 1993) *
- No Expense Spared (President, 1993) * with Adam Wakeman
- Romance Of The Victorian Age (President, 1995) *
Collin Walcott
-
Cloud Dance
(ECM, 1976) **
-
Grazing Dreams
(ECM, 1977) ***
-
Codona
(ECM, 1979) *** with Don Cherry and Nana Vasconcelos
-
Codona 2
(ECM, 1981) *
-
Codona 3
(ECM, 1983) *
-
Works
(ECM, 1988) *
Walkabout
-
Koorunba
(Ethereal, 1995) **
Kit Walker
- A World Alive (Sea Studio, 1990) *
George Wallace
-
Sacred Earth
(Larger Than Life, 1985?) *
-
Communion
(Larger Than Life, 1988) ***
-
High Frontiers
(Larger Than Life, 1990) **
Johannes Walter
- Music Mantras (Innovative Communications, 1982) (New Age Music, 1990) ***
- Music Mantras II (Innovative Communications, 1985) **
reissued in Music Mantra 1 & Music Mantra 2 (Higher Octave, 1996)
- Heal Yourself (Fortuna, 19##) *
- Letting Go Of Fear (Fortuna, 19##) *
Paul Ward
- Quiet Point: Beyond The Quiet Point (Surreal To Real, 1995) **
- For A Knave (Surreal To Real, 1991) *
- The Fear Of Make-believe (Surreal To Real, 1995) *
Richard Warner
- Spirit Of The Tao Te Ching (Narada, 1996) *
- Quiet Heart / Spirit Wind (Narada/Enso, 1996) ***
Tom Wasinger
- Rock Music (Invincible, 1989) **
- Track To Bumbliwa (Silver Wave, 1991) * with Jim Harvey
- Earth Dreaming Dance (Invincible, 1992) * with Jim Harvey
- Many Moons (Silver Wave, 1995) *
Kit Watkins
- Labyrinth (Azimuth, 1980) ***
- Frames Of Mind (Azimuth, 1982) **
reissued as Early Solo Works (Linden, 1991)
- In Time (Azimuth, 1985) ** with Coco Roussel
- Azure (ESD, 1989) **
- Sunstruck (ESD, 1990) ***
- Thought Tones vol.1 (Linden, 1991) **
- Thought Tones vol.2 (Linden, 1992) **
- A Different View (Linden, 1992) *
- Wet Dark And Low (Linden, 1992) **
- Circle (Linden, 1993) ***
- Kinetic Vapors (Linden, 1993) *
- Holographic Tapestries (Linden, 1995) *
- Beauty Drifting (Linden, 1996) **
Mary Watkins
-
Winds Of Change
(Palo Alto, 1981) ***
-
Spiritsong
(Redwood, 1985) ***
-
Something Moving
(Olivia, 19##) *
-
The Soul Kings
(Wenefil, 1992) *
William Watson
- Fields (BurnhamWoods Records, 1996)
- Burnham Woods (BurnhamWoods Records, 1999)
Wavestar
- Mind Journey (Wavestar, 198#) (Surreal To Real, 1993) **
- Zenith (Wavestar, 198#) (Surreal To Real, 1993) **
- Moonwind (Audion, 1987) (Surreal To Real, 1990) (Groove unlimited, 1998) ***
- Out of Time (Groove Records, 1997) **
Darryl Way
- Saturation Point (Deram, 1973) *
- Canis Lupus (Deram, 1974) *
- Night Music (Deram, 1974) *
- Wolf (London, 1974) *
- Concert For Electric Violin (Island, 1979) ***
- The Human Condition (Venture, 1987) **
- Under The Soft (IRS, 1991) *
Stuart Weber
- Evening In The Country (Bridger, 1990) *
- Hired Man's Dream (Bridger, 1992) ***
Carl Weingarten
- Delay Tactics: Out-pop Questions (Multiphase, 1982) *
- Delay Tactics: Any Questions? (Multiphase, 1984) *
- Submergings (Multiphase, 1983) ** with Gale Ormiston
- Windfalls (Multiphase, 1983) ** with Gale Ormiston
- Living In The Distant Present (Multiphase, 1985) **
- Dreaming In Colors (Multiphase, 1986) *** with Walter Whitney
- Laughing At Paradise (Multiphase, 1988) ***
- Primitive Earth (Multiphase, 1989) ** with Walter Whitney
- Critical Path (Multiphase, 1991) ** with Joe Venegoni
- Pandora's Garage (Linden, 1992) ***
- Slide Of Hand (Multiphase, 1992) *
- Court Musicians: At The Court Of The Chera King (Water Lily, 1993) *
- Redwood Melodies (Multiphase, 1995) *
- Acoustic Shadow (Multiphase, 1995) ***
- Blue Faith (Multiphase, 2000)
Tim Weisberg
- Tim Weisberg (A&M, 1971) ***
- Hurtwood Edge (A&M, 1973) *
- Dreamspeaker (A&M, 1973) *
- Tim Weisberg 4 (A&M, 1974) *
- Listen To The City (A&M, 1975) ***
- Live At Last (A&M, 1976) *
- Nadia's Theme (A&M, 197#) *
- Tim Weisberg Band (UA, 1977) *
- Rotations (Liberty, 1978) *
- Twin Sons Of Different Mothers (Epic, 1978) *
- Smile (A&M, 1979) *** anthology
- High Risk (Cypress, 19##) *
- No Resemblance Whatsoever (Giant, 1995) *
Michael Whalen
- Sea Power (Narada, 1993) ** soundtrack
- Great African Moments (Narada, 1994) *** soundtrack
- Phantom Of The Forest (Narada, 1995) * soundtrack
- Nightscenes: Music For The Evening (Hearts Of Space, 1996) ***
Tim Wheater
- Calmer Panorama (Image Maker 2001, 1988) ***
- Green Dream (Image Maker 2002, 198#) *
- Eclipse (Image Maker 2003, 199#) *
- Whalesong (Image Maker 2004, 1990) *
- Timeless (Image Maker 2005, 199#) **
- Fish Nite Monn (Image Maker 2006, 199#) **
- The Yearning (Bainbridge, 1993) * with Michael Hoppe`
- Awakenings (New World 109, 19##) *
- The Enchanter (New World 118, 19##) *
- The Naked Flame (New World 146, 19##) *
- Babel (###, 1993) * with Nick Franks
- Heartland (Almo, 1995) *
- Romances (Erdenklang, 1993) * with Michael Hoppe`
- The Dreamer (New World, 1994) * with Michael Hoppe`
- Wind Songs (Seventh Wave, 1996) * with Michael Hoppe`
John Whelan
- The Pride Of Wexford (Outlet, 1975) *
- Fresh Takes (Green Linnet, 1987) *
- From The Heart (Oenoke, 1990) *
- Celtic Reflections (Narada, 1996) *
- Celtic Crossroads (Narada, 1997) *
- Living The Tradition (Narada, 1997) *
- Flirting With The Edge (Narada, 1998) **
- Come To Dance (Narada, 1999) *
Will
-
Pearl Of Great Price
(Third Mind, 1991) ***
-
World Flesh Stone
(Third Mind, 1992) ***
Ani Williams
- Luna Trece (White Wings, 199#) * with Mazatl Galindo
- Song For My Ancestors (White Wings, 199#) * with Lisa Thiel
- Sisters Of The Dream (White Wings, 199#) * with Lisa Thiel
Anne Williams
- Lotus Returning (Earthsong, 1982) **
- Summer Rose (Earthsong, 1983) ***
- Violets In Spring (Earthsong, 1985)
- Crystal Light (Earthsong, 1986) *
- Sky Dance (Earthsong, 1987) **
- Song Of Isis (Earthsong, 1987) *
- Wind Spirit (Earthsong, 1989)
- Song Of The Jaguar (Earthsong, 1990) *
Wind Machine
- Wind Machine (Silver Wave, 1986) **
- Unplugged (Silver Wave, 1987) ***
- Rain Maiden (Silver Wave, 1989) ***
- Road To Freedom (Silver Wave, 1990) **
- Portraits Of Christmas (Silver Wave, 1990) *
- Voices In The Wind (Silver Wave, 1991) **
- Change Of Face (Blue Meteor, 1993) ***
- Sketches Of Christmas (Blue Meteor, 1993) *
- A Show Of Hands (Blue Meteor, 1994) **
- The Way Back Home (Blue Meteor, 1995) *
George Winston
- Piano Solos (Takoma, 1972) *
reissued as Ballads And Blues (Windham Hill, 1981)
- Autumn (Windham Hill, 1980) ****
- Winter Into Spring (Windham Hill, 1982) **
- December (Windham Hill, 1982) *
- Velveteen Rabbit (Dancing Cat, 1984) *
- This Is America Charlie Brown (###, 1988) *
- Summer (Windham Hill, 1991) *
- Forest (Windham Hill, 1995) *
- Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes (###, 1995) * soundtrack
- Linus And Lucy (Windham Hill, 1996) *
Paul Winter
- Paul Winter Sextet (CBS, 1961) *
- Jazz Meets Bossanova (CBS, 1962) *
- Jazz Premiere Washington (CBS, 1963) *
- New Jazz On Campus (CBS, 1963) *
- Jazz Meets The Folk Song (CBS, 1964) *
- Rio (CBS, 1964) *
- The Sound Of Ipanema (CBS, 1965) *
- The Winter Consort (A&M, 1968) **
- Something In The Wind (A&M, 1970) *
- Road (A&M, 1971) ***
- Icarus (Living Music, 1971) (EPIC, 1972) ***
- Earthdance (A&M, 1975) *** anthology
- Common Ground (A&M, 1978) ****
- Callings (Living Music, 1980) *
- Missa Gaia (Living Music, 1982) ***
- Sunsinger (Living Music, 1983) **
- Concert For The Earth (Living Music, 1984) **
- Canyon (Living Music, 1985) ***
- Wintersong (Living Music, 1986) *
- Whales Alive (Living Music, 1987) *
- Earthbeat (Living Music, 1987) **
- Collection II (Living Music, 1987) ** anthology
- Earth: Voices Of A Planet (Living Music, 1990) **
- Wolf Eyes (Living Music, 1990) *** anthology
- Turtle Island (Living Music, 1991) * with Gary Snyder
- The Man Who Planted Trees (Chelsea Green, 1991) * with Robert Lurtsema
- Anthems (Living Music, 1992) ** anthology
- Spanish Angel (Living Music, 1993) ***
- Solstice Live (Living Music, 1993) *
- Prayer For The Wild Things (Living Music, 1994) ***
- Canyon Lullaby (Living Music, 1997) **
- Brazilian Days (Living Music, 1998) ** with Oscar Castro-Neves
- Celtic Solstice (Living Music, 1999)
Wolff & Hennings
- Tibetan Bells (Bla Bla, 1972) (Island, 19##) ***
- Tibetan Bells II (Island, 1978) (Celestial Harmonies, 1978) **
- Yamantaka (Rolling Thunder, 1982) *** with Mickey Hart
- Tibetan Bells III (Celestial Harmonies, 1988) **
- The Bells Of Sh'ang Sh'ung (Celestial Harmonies, 1990) *
Erik Wollo
-
Traces
(Badland, 1984) ***
-
Silver Beach
(Origo, 1990) *
-
Images Of Light
(Origo, 1990) ***
-
Solstice
(Origo, 1994) *
-
Transit
(Monumental, 1996) **
Woob
-
1194
(Instinct, 1994) ***
-
Woob 2
(Time, 1995) **
-
4495
(Time, 1996) **
Danny Wright
- Black And White (Nichols-Wright, 1986) *
- Time Windows (Nichols-Wright, 1987) *
- Phantasys (Nichols-Wright, 1988) *
- Black And White 2 (Nichols-Wright, 1989) *
- Remembering Christmas (Nichols-Wright, 1990) *
- Shadows (Nichols-Wright, 1990) *
- Autumn Dreams (Nichols-Wright, 1991) ***
- Black And White Encore (Nichols-Wright, 1991) *
(Nichols-Wright viene ribattezzata Moulin D'Or nel 1992)
- Day In The Life (Moulin D'Or, 1993) **
- Curtain Call (Moulin D'Or, 1993) *
- Applause (Moulin D'Or, 1994) *
- Hot Summer Nights (Moulin D'Or, 1996) *
- Soul Mates (Real Music, 2001)
- Do You Live Do You Love (Real Music, 2002)
Gary Wright
- Extraction (A&M, 1970) **
- Footprint (A&M, 1971) **
- Ring Of Changes (A&M, 1972) *
- Dream Weaver (Warner Brothers, 1976) ***
- Light Of Smiles (Warner Brothers, 1976) *
- Touch & Gone (Warner Brothers, 1977) *
- Headin' Home (Warner Brothers, 1979) *
- First Signs Of Life (Triloka, 1995) **
Simon Wynberg
- # (#, 1980) *
- Stradivar (#, #) *
- Simon (Narada, 1993) **
- Songs Of My People (Narada, 1997) *