- Songs from Liquid Days
Infobox Album |
Name = Songs from Liquid Days
Type =Album
Artist =Philip Glass
Released = 1986
Recorded = The Living Room, New York; The Complex, Los Angeles
Genre = Music with repetitive structures
Length = 39:49
Label =CBS Records
Producer =Kurt Munkacsi
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1gj4eau14xd7 link]
Last album = "Satyagraha" (1985)
This album = "Songs from Liquid Days" (1986)
Next album = "Dancepieces " (1987)"Songs from Liquid Days" is a collection of songs composed by composer
Philip Glass with lyrics byPaul Simon ,Suzanne Vega , David Byrne andLaurie Anderson . Glass began the project scoring lyrics by Byrne and then thought to collaborate with additional songwriters.On the project, Glass said::"The words come first. From these I fashioned a set of six songs which, together, form a cycle of themes ranging from reflections on nature to classic romantic settings. After the music was written, I — along with producer Kurt Munkacsi and conductor Michael Riesman— began the long and difficult process of 'casting' singers for the individual songs. We felt that the interpretation a singer brings to a song is an immense contribution to its character — contributing their own personality to the work perhaps more than any other performer."
The recording features performances by
Bernard Fowler ,Kronos Quartet ,Janice Pendarvis ,Douglas Perry ,The Roches ,Linda Ronstadt , and thePhilip Glass Ensemble , directed byMichael Riesman . The recording was released in 1986 byCBS Records .The song "Lightning" was performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble on "
Saturday Night Live ",March 22 1986 .Track listing
# "Changing Opinion" "(Glass/Simon; Bernard Fowler, vocals)" – 9:57
# "Lightning" "(Glass/Vega; Janice Pendarvis, vocals)" – 6:42
# "Freezing" "(Glass/Vega; The Kronos Quartet; Linda Ronstadt, vocals)" – 3:16
# "Liquid Days" "(Glass/Byrne; The Roches, vocals)" – 4:45
# "Open the Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part Two)" "(Glass/Byrne; Douglas Perry, vocals)" – 6:59
# "Forgetting" "(Glass/Anderson; The Kronos Quartet; Linda Ronstadt, vocals; The Roches, backing vocals)" – 8:10All songs feature the Philip Glass Ensemble under direction of Michael Riesman.
External links
* [http://www.philipglass.com/html/recordings/songs-from-liquid-days.html Songs from Liquid Days]
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