I wished it were Silence
Comparing this album to the instrumental tracks on "Gone to Earth" is a bit of a stretch."Gone to Earth" is perhaps my favourite Sylvian album, but "Approaching Silence" is nothing like it. It is a rambling ambient composition cut from the same mould as Sylvian's earlier collaborations with Holger Czukay ("Plight and Premonition" and "Flux and Mutability"). Consequently, I was just as disappointed with "Approaching Silence" as I was with its two ambient predecessors. There are times when I like ambient noise -- just not one hour of it. And I certainly find no need for three albums of it. After about 15 minutes, I wished I were listening *to* silence.This, coming on the heels of the news that Weatherbox would not be re-released after all, was quite a let down.Here's hoping the the next time David decides to get ambient, he balances it with vocals and melody as well as he did in "Gone to Earth".