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Based on 105 ratings
1991 Rank: #77
1991 / Release Date
Single / Format
Indeterminacy / Genre
John Cage / Composer
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EarCandy
65

Entirely composed of well…silence, John Cage’s most controversial statement 4’33”, flipped the entire music community on its head. While the idea may seem utterly preposterous, lets take a closer look behind the piece and see how that idea was more than it seems to be.

John Cage is one of the most debated individuals in classical and electronic music, his music is severely abstract, and philosophical. I would even go as far to say, they are a tad bit ... read more

Toasterqueen12
59

This one gets a pass because it's the first album to be complete silence (I'm fairly confident that's true.) You get your credit for being the first person to do something annoying. Like the first person to use a whoopie cushion:
•Hilarious
•Comedic Genius

Everyone else who uses a whoopie cushion:
•Devil Incarnate
• Is going to hell

wiloptics
NR

The mix is horrible

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0

where can i find the download for this?

Kitty_Death
40

I have tinnitus...

MaadCaty
75

It’s better than most music out rn

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Track List

  1. I - Tacet
  2. II - Tacet
  3. III - Tacet
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