I have several thunderstorm CDs. I love storms. There is nothing more soothing, more exhilarating. To listen to rain on a tin roof or up in the hayloft, hear the thunder roll was something I adored. I could never grow tired of it. Some CD just don't capture the true sound. This one does.

You hear rain on pavement, rising and falling. Sometimes is a nice soft pattern, other times near deafening downpour. The tree frogs chirping. Then lightning strikes and the thunder comes. Sometimes close, sometimes in the distance.

Just like opening the windows and listening to a good storm. Very relaxing.

Very dissapointing. Too many wildlife creature noises. If I had wanted to hear birds singing in the rain and other animal noises I would have looked for a title that matched my request. I wanted to hear rain and thunder only.

"Thunderstorm" reminds me of spending the summers on grandpa's lake up in Minnesota, sitting on his back porch on a humid night watching the lighting off in the distance. There's a nice variety of sounds in this CD; they change gradually like they do in a real storm, and they do it without sounding artificial. There are some really nice patches of about five minutes or so with frogs and soft crickets, and the loons are well off in the distance -- which is good, because loons can be pretty obnoxious. I do find that I need to adjust the sound levels on my stereo whenever I play this CD because the thunder at the beginning can be a little too loud. Also, I wish there were more crickets. Other than that, I don't have any complaints, and it really is worth the slightly higher price.