Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure [Full Album]

Virginia Astley's 1983 ambient album From Gardens Where We Feel Secure, released by Rough Trade and Happy Valley Records.

- Morning -
1. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming - 0:00
2. A Summer Long Since Passed - 5:43
3. From Gardens Where We Feel Secure - 10:20
4. Hiding In The Ha Ha - 14:19
- Afternoon -
5. Out On The Lawn I Lie In Bed - 18:14
6. Too Bright For Peacocks - 23:23
7. Summer Of Their Dreams - 25:53
8. When The Fields Were On Fire - 29:14
9. It's Too Hot To Sleep - 32:29

[Jieuhpewpew]

Quarantine day 38: I discovered this record and life is a beautiful thing

[MarkScurfield]

I met the love of my life and we listened t
o this, beautiful

[seanwayman]

Pastoral English ambient. Who knew I needed this?

[uuzomuf]

from japan.
高校生の頃よく聴いてました。今聞いてもやっぱり良いですね。
私のルーツです。

[jacobhelton]

The first track sounds like the kind of music that would start off a really good film.

[lulubettybrown]

Aged eighteen, thirty-two years ago, I began to mend my broken heart to this.

[matthewdarcy]

This is one of my new favourite albums ever. Up there with Hiroshi Yoshimura for tones of pure healing magic, resplendent joy and playful serenity. I'm glad I'm alive.

[avaloncbt]

I heard a song from this record on BBC 3 late junction in a semi-dream-like state many years ago. I checked the playlist for the artist and then searched the records shops of Glasgow for it, . In the HMV shop, a young woman who I asked became very animated. We don't have it in stock but I will order it for you, it is beautiful! I picked up a copy a couple of weeks afterward and love it more with each listen. Thanks to Virginia Astley for making a record of transcendent beauty and late junction but most of all to the lovely woman I met who understood the importance of music, emotional connection, shared dreams, and memory.

[velvetclaw]

One of the most beautiful and evocative albums - I first heard this when I was in my twenties ( in the 1980s) it conjures these images of innocence, childhood picture books, empty sunlit rooms, and dream like gardens. There is a poignant melancholy too which underlies these beautiful melodies. It’s a shame more people don’t know this unique and very special record.

[LeighWinspear]

Listened to this for the first time late last night and was treated to a Tawny Owl joining in, from a tree to my right also.
Beautiful recording and a moment to treasure now as well. Thank you BBC radio 6.

[andyearnshaw]

Bliss! I come back to this every summer, since 1986….church bells ringing, sheep bleating, gates creaking, rowers rowing, birds singing, owls hooting and Lilac the donkey ….perfect summer day❤

[MrAlejandroGreen]

Hearing this album for the first time today. Beautiful

[Alun]

This should be rereleased! I have the vinyl but would love it either on cd or as an mp3

[dlp]

Obsessed with this album in the summer

[AlexandreSynotte]

I started this album and I automatically went into napping mode; it was the best nap of my life.

[crushthyflowerss]

This album takes me to a safe comforting place of beauty, nature and tenderness. It's so special to me.

[bradleykb]

“The Album Years” podcast sent me here. Thanks Steven and Tim for this pastoral, majestic recommendation🦋🌲🌞🦢

[celesterocha]

Names, like 'From gardens where we fell secure' and 'Out in the lawn I lie in bed' says it all... calm and peace nature surrounding us. Just close your eyes...💎

[emilmcmahon]

If ever an album was crying out to be re-released it's this beautiful masterpiece. So evocative, so calming. I lost my copy many years ago and often search for a copy on line, always to no avail, why would anyone ever part with such a stunning LP.

[ianparknyc]

pitchfork sent me here
and couldn’t find this on spotify