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Rock
Release Date: 05/07/2002
Run Time: 65:53
Passion is in actuality
Peter Gabriel's
soundtrack to the
Martin Scorsese film
The Last Temptation of Christ, retitled as a result of legal barriers; regardless of its name, however, there's no mistaking the record's stirring power. Like much of
Gabriel's solo work, the album is a product of his continuing fascination with
world music, which he employs here to create an exceptionally beautiful and atmospheric tapestry of sound perfectly evocative of the film's resonant spiritual drama; inspired by
field recordings collected in areas as diverse as Turkey, Senegal, and Egypt,
Passion achieves a cumulative effect clearly Middle Eastern in origin, yet its brilliant fusion of ancient and modern musics ultimately transcends both geography and time. Remarkably dramatic, even visual, it is not only
Gabriel's best film work but deserving of serious consideration as his finest music of any kind; equally worthwhile is
Passion: Sources, which assembles the original native recordings which served as his creative launching pad.
~Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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