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Secret Garden - Earthsongs
Audio CD: March 8, 2005
Original Release Date: March 8, 2005
Label: Decca
Bitrate: 192 kbps

Before I review this album, I highly recommend that anyone who loves Secret Garden try and find the Norwegian version of this CD if you can. It contains a total of 15 tracks, 3 additional, "Sarabande" which is pretty mediocre, "Canzona" a pretty good ethnic tune, has a lot of Italian/Greek sounding influences, and "Silence Speaks" that is one of the best songs on the album. Why this was cut from international release, I cannot begin to understand. ~ Timothy Slomka

I have all the Secret Garden cd's and this might be the best one yet. As always the music flows from song to song and all the music is so very well composed. The recording is as always clean,crisp and has large sound stage extending far beyond the speakers. Highly recommend!! ~ jimtalamo

I was not aware of this release until I did a search for the groups name a couple of weeks ago. I was pleasantly surprised after the success of Once in a Red Moon. I believe that the duo has not missed a step in their plight to bring us a genuine type of music that you cannot find anywhere else. To some it might seem that they have "sold out" but this is just their style. As I listen to Raise Your Voices, I can't help but think of what it might be like when you die and meet your maker in one form or another. ~ Bjorn P. Zetterstrom

Secret Garden - Earthsongs Track Listings:
01 Sometimes When It Rains
02 Fields of Fortune
03 The Reel
04 Always There - (featuring Russell Watson)
05 When Darkness Falls
06 Sleepsong
07 Lotus
08 Searching For the Past
09 Silence Speaks
10 Daughters of Erin
11 Half a World Away
12 Canzona
13 Sarabande
14 Grace
15 Raise Your Voices