Herb Sundays 80: Philip Sherburne

The music critic and journalist shares tributaries that "helped point him down the road toward ambient music."

Published on May 14, 2023

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Fyt - Remastered

This Mortal Coil

Album: It'll End In Tears (Remastered) • Track 4

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Released: 1984-10-01

ISRC: GBAFL1000003

4:23

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Walking In The Rain

Flash and the Pan

Album: Collection • Track 2

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Released: 1995-01-01

ISRC: AUAP07600045

3:28

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De profundis

Arvo Pärt

Album: Arvo Pärt: Arbos • Track 4

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Released: 1987-05-01

ISRC: DEB338632504

6:51

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Sparky

Kristin Hersh

Album: Hips and Makers • Track 5

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Released: 1994-01-24

ISRC: GBAFL9400006

1:29

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Cohesion

Minutemen

Album: Double Nickels on the Dime • Track 4

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Released: 1984-07-24

ISRC: USA370538084

1:56

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As We Could Ever

His Name Is Alive

Album: Livonia • Track 1

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Released: 1990-06-25

ISRC: GBAFL9000025

3:25

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Koyaanisqatsi

Philip Glass

Album: Koyaanisqatsi • Track 1

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Released: 1983-01-01

ISRC: USIR20500103

3:29

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In the Sea of Corruption

Joe Hisaishi

Album: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Soundtrack: Towards the Faraway Land • Track 8

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Released: 1984

ISRC: JPTK09380708

2:33

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Condition of the Heart

Prince

Album: Around the World in a Day • Track 3

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Released: 1985-04-22

ISRC: USWB19902875

6:48

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A Blues In Drag

The Glove

Album: Blue Sunshine • Track 5

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Released: 1983

ISRC: GBF068325260

3:12

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Improvisations sur les folies d'Espagne (extraits) (Marin Marais)

Marin Marais

Album: Tous les matins du monde (Bande originale du film) • Track 2

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Released: 2001-01-01

ISRC: CH4210100059

1:11

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The Red Stare - From "To Live And Die In L.A." Soundtrack

Wang Chung

Album: To Live And Die In L.A. (An Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) • Track 6

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Released: 1985-09-30

ISRC: USWWW0202458

3:11

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Loneliness

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Album: The Sheltering Sky (Original Soundtrack) • Track 6

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Released: 2010-01-01

ISRC: GBAAA0900042

1:31

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Mravalzhamier, Kakhétie - Longue vie

Basiani Ensemble

Album: Géorgie: Polyphonies vocales profanes et sacrées (Georgia: Sacred and Secular Vocal Polyphony) • Track 1

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Released: 2013-02-25

ISRC: FR05G1111572

2:59

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Elegia - 2022 Digital Master

New Order

Album: Low-Life (Definitive) • Track 5

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Released: 2023-01-27

ISRC: GBCRL2200647

4:56

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Violet

Seal

Album: Seal • Track 9

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Released: 1991-06-11

ISRC: USWB10102628

8:30

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In My Garden

Swans

Album: Children of God • Track 2

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Released: 1987

ISRC: USA3T2000002

5:35

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To No Avail

17 Pygmies

Album: Jedda by the Sea + Hatikva • Track 4

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Released: 2013-04-29

ISRC: GBHBR0405158

7:16

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Just Talk

A.C. Marias

Album: One of Our Girls • Track 2

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Released: 1989-08-29

ISRC: GBAJH0502589

5:40

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Gentle Man

Paul Bley

Album: Synth Thesis • Track 1

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Released: 2021-03-19

ISRC: USZ6S9970101

2:50

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Screen Kiss

Thomas Dolby

Album: The Flat Earth • Track 3

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Released: 1984-02-06

ISRC: GBAYE8400316

5:33

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Rain

Tones On Tail

Album: Everything! • Track 9

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Released: 1984

ISRC: GBAZP9800016

8:26

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Searching

Pieter Nooten And Michael Brook

Album: Sleeps with the Fishes • Track 2

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Released: 1987-10-12

ISRC: GBAFL8700011

3:22

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The Lone Man

Patrick O'Hearn

Album: Trust • Track 6

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Released: 1995-01-01

ISRC: usejb0610006

3:21

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Horn

Nick Drake

Album: Pink Moon • Track 5

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Released: 1972-02-25

ISRC: GBAAN7200035

1:21

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Frontier - Remastered

Dead Can Dance

Album: Dead Can Dance (Remastered) • Track 3

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Released: 1984-02-27

ISRC: GBAFL0700002

3:13

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Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?

Dos

Album: Justamente Tres • Track 16

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Released: 1996

ISRC: USKRS0325616

1:57

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That's The Way

Tom Waits

Album: The Black Rider • Track 8

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Released: 1993-01-01

ISRC: USIR19390108

1:07

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A Reflection

The Cure

Album: Seventeen Seconds • Track 1

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Released: 1980-04-18

ISRC: GBALB8000001

2:12

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A Little Blue Dancer

Irena And Vojtech Havlovi

Album: Little Blue Nothing • Track 6

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Released: 1991-01-01

ISRC: GBSMU9529638

2:15

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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

Bauhaus

Album: The Sky's Gone Out • Track 9

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Released: 1982

ISRC: GBAZP8200079

3:52

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Feet-like Fins

Cocteau Twins

Album: Victorialand • Track 7

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Released: 1986-04-14

ISRC: GBAFL8600041

3:26

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Waking The Witch

Kate Bush

Album: Hounds Of Love • Track 8

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Released: 1985

ISRC: GBCNR8500011

4:18

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Hilary

The Durutti Column

Album: Circuses and Bread • Track 4

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Released: 1986

ISRC: GBHBR0405113

3:15

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Echo Wreck

Dif Juz

Album: Extractions • Track 8

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Released: 1985-07-01

ISRC: GBAFL8500008

4:36

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Love Insane

Dif Juz

Album: Extractions • Track 5

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Released: 1985-07-01

ISRC: GBAFL8500005

3:11

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