White Winds

White Winds is Andreas Vollenweider's fourth studio album, released in 1984.

White Winds (Seeker's Journey)
Studio album by
Andreas Vollenweider
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1984
Recorded1984, at Sinus Studio
GenreNew age
Length36:43
LabelCBS Records, Later Re-released under Sony
ProducerAndreas Vollenweider
Andreas Vollenweider chronology
Caverna Magica
(1983)		 White Winds (Seeker's Journey)
(1984)		 Down to the Moon
(1986)

On his official website, Vollenweider says: "The making of 'White Winds' was like a creative harvest time.[1] Reactions from the 'outside world' had made us more confident and more courageous, but also a bit looser. Even the song title of 'Flight Feet & Root Hands' mirrors our frame of mind: freely 'flying' feet - and our hands firmly rooted in the earth."

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Musician reviewer J. D. Considine wrote: "Don't call this 'mood music' unless you consider sleep a mood."[3]

John Schaefer at Spin wrote, "Vollenweider has all the tools to make great music; the melodies prove that. But, he has settled for making mood music instead. It may be great while you're reading tea leaves, but it doesn’t withstand close listening. Most of White Winds is like bathing in club soda."[4]

Track listing
  1. "The White Winds/The White Boat (First View)" - 1:49
  2. "Hall of the Stairs/Hall of the Mosaics (Meeting You)" (feat. Elena Ledda) - 5:06
  3. "The Glass Hall (Choose the Crystal)/The Play of the Five Balls/The Five Planets/Canopy Choir" - 7:38
  4. "The Woman and the Stone" - 4:25
  5. "The Stone (Close-up)" - 3:01
  6. "Phases of the Three Moons" - 2:46
  7. "Flight Feet & Root Hands" - 3:39
  8. "Brothership" - 3:22
  9. "Sisterseed" - 1:33
  10. "Trilogy (At the White Magic Gardens)/The White Winds" - 3:24

Charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 96

References
  1. Vollenweider, Andreas. "Home - Vollenweider". www.vollenweider.com.
  2. Loftus, Johnny. "White Winds - Andreas Vollenweider | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. Considine, J.D. (May 1985). "White Winds". Musician.
  4. Schaefer, John (May 1985). "John Hiatt – Warming Up to the Ice Age". Spin. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 32. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 330. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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