Immortal Memory (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Immortal Memory


Type = Studio
Artist =
Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy
Released = 26 January 2004
Recorded = ???
Genre = Film music , Modern classical, World fusion
Length = 56:58
Label = 4AD
Producer = Lisa Gerrard, Patrick Cassidy
Reviews =
* "AMG" Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4dnsa9cgw230~T0 link]
* "The Guardian" Rating|4|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1118595,00.html 1-9-2004]
* "Prefix" Rating|4|5 [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews.php?page=L&a=1&rt=cd&rf=LisaGerrard%20ImmortalMemory%20012004 1-20-2004]
* "Christianity Today" (positive) [http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2004/immortalmemory.html link]
Chronology = Lisa Gerrard
Last album = "Duality"
(1998)
This album = "Immortal Memory"
(2004)
Next album = "The Silver Tree"
(2006)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Patrick Cassidy
Type = Studio
Last album =
This album = "Immortal Memory"
(2004)
Next album =

"Immortal Memory" is an album by ex-Dead Can Dance member Lisa Gerrard and Irish classical composer Patrick Cassidy, released in 2004. It was Gerrard's first studio release since 1998's "Duality" with Pieter Bourke.

Overview

Gerrard first met Cassidy in 2000 in Los Angeles (where he lives), when she came to work on the "Gladiator" soundtrack, and they planned to work together one day [http://www.4ad.com/lisagerrard/news/~immortalmemory/ 4AD press release] .. When they eventually found a shared two-month break, they joined at Gerrard's Australian studio for this record"Prefix Magazine" review, op. cit..

The W. B. Yeats poem "Sailing to Byzantium" inspired the track of the same name.

The lyrics utilise three ancient languages:

* Gaelic (ancient Irish) in "The Song of Amergin" (based on the first song supposedly sung by a mortal on Irish soil).
* Aramaic in "Maranatha" (meaning "come lord, come teacher"), and "Abwoon" (meaning "our father", a rendition of the "Lord's Prayer" in the language of Jesus).
* Latin in "Psallit in Aure Dei" (meaning "singing in the ear of God", a dirge for Patrick Cassidy's late father).

Track listing

# "The Song of Amergin" – 5:27
# "Maranatha (Come Lord)" – 3:43
# "Amergin's Invocation" – 6:19
# "Elegy" – 6:41
# "Sailing to Byzantium" – 5:04
# "Abwoon (Our Father)" – 4:12
# "Immortal Memory" – 4:28
# "Paradise Lost" – 7:03
# "I Asked for Love" – 5:00
# "Psallit in Aure Dei" – 9:01

Music by Lisa Gerrard (tracks 1-9) and Patrick Cassidy (tracks 1-10).

Personnel

; Musical

* Lisa Gerrard - arranger, vocals
* Patrick Cassidy - arranger, synthesized instruments

; Technical

* Simon Bowley - mixing
* David Badrick - mixing assistance
* Don C. Tyler - mastering
* Chris Staley - mastering assistance
* Jacek Tuschewski - technical assistance

; Graphical

* Jacek Tuschewski - sleeve design, paintings
* Chris Bigg - sleeve design
* Mark Magidson - sleeve photography (Uluru tree)
* Greg Barrett - sleeve photography (portraits)

Notes

References

* [http://www.lisagerrard.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=3801#3801 Track-by-track commentary by Lisa Gerrard] as reposted on the Lisa Gerrard Message Board (scroll down)

External links

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