City of Eyes

City of Eyes
Studio album by Ralph Towner
Released	1989
Recorded	January-November 1988
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:53
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Ralph Towner chronology
Slide Show (1984) City of Eyes (1988) Open Letter (1991)

City of Eyes is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "City of Eyes shows Ralph Towner as a musical explorer again, a composer and instrumentalist who can persuasively create aural travelogues through time, space, and terrain".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner

1. "Jamaica Stopover" - 4:11
2. "Cascades' - 6:47
3. "Les Douzilles" - 6:10
4. "City of Eyes" - 4:11
5. "Sipping the Past" 2:31
6. "Far Cry" - 4:23
7. "Janet" - 3:21
8. "Sustained Release" - 5:03
9. "Tundra" - 4:40
10. "Blue Gown" - 5:36

Personnel

• Ralph Towner — twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer
• Markus Stockhausen — trumpet, piccolo trumpet, fluegelhorn
• Paul McCandless — oboe, English horn
• Gary Peacock — bass
• Jerry Granelli — drums, electronic drums

References

1. ^ ECM discography accessed September 29, 2011
2. ^ ^{a b} Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011