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80
A Meditative voyage exploring the realms of not only the music at hand, but a personal odyssey where the musicians discover their full potential, and then go even further.
11y
50
Condemned by many critics as John Coltrane's worst album, Om suffers only in comparison to the great works that preceded it.
11y
I don't consider myself a particularly spiritual person. I take good care of my body and particapate in acts that I guess would be considered spiritual I.e. burning insence and meditation but I don't do it out of spiritual beliefs I just do it because they smell nice and feel good. Now this isn't to say I don't 100 percent believe in spirituality I watch interviews and do research into spiritual practitioners of many faiths and I respect what their saying and in some cases feel some truths it's ... read more
okay this is one of the most insane tortured things yet, i love it but also i think i still would say the progression is less interesting overall than meditations which felt extreeeemely interesting with its structure. this has unbeliebably crazy impressive sound design still though. dying animals galore. especially at 17 mins. :'P
edit: wait nevermind this is 100 too. wtf is anything. texture seems impossible beyond 18 mins. genuinely chilling.
It was good, but a bit intense for me, also the chanting wasn't my favorite in terms of content. Some of the middle section were really cool though.
![John Coltrane - Ascension [Edition I]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/200x0/album/15752-ascension_120205.jpg)
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Track List
| 1 | Om, Part 1 15:02 | 83 |
| 2 | Om, Part 2 13:58 | 87 |
Total Length: 29 minutes
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8mo
It doesn't even sound like a Saxophone anymore. Coltrane drained the will to live out of that mfer
11mo
Fun fact: During the recording blood started leaking from Coltrane's saxophone. It wasn't his blood
