Imaginary Day

Infobox Album |
Name = Imaginary Day
Type = Album
Artist = Pat Metheny Group


Released = 1997
Genre = Fusion, Jazz
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:reknikvkbbf9 link]
Last album = "Quartet
(1996)
This album = "Imaginary Day"
(1997)
Next album = "Speaking of Now
(2002)

"Imaginary Day" is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records. It also won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, while "The Roots of Coincidence" won Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

The album leans heavily toward world fusion, drawing upon a variety of global influences. Indonesian styles are particularly pronounced, with Balinese gamelan music appearing in "Imaginary Day" and "Into the Dream". "The Heat of the Day" demonstrates repetitive whiffs of Iranian folk music. It also showcases the Group's first (and thus far, only) foray into industrial rock, with "The Roots of Coincidence". In "The Awakening", the album concludes with strongly Gaelic melodies.

The liner notes use an image substitution cipher throughout. The CD and CD tray can be lined up to one of three different keys (red, yellow or blue) to translate the majority of the liner notes, which include quotations from authors as well as a short essay by Metheny and Rodby. For example, lining up the arrow on the CD to the red square on the CD tray will decode the front cover as "PAT METHENY GROUP IMAGINARY DAY". Cover art by Stefan Sagmeister.

Track listing

# "Imaginary Day" (Metheny/Mays) – 10:11
# "Follow Me" (Metheny/Mays) – 5:56
# "Into The Dream" (Metheny) – 2:27
# "A Story Within The Story" (Metheny/Mays) – 8:01
# "The Heat of The Day" (Metheny/Mays) – 9:44
#* "Contains a hidden segue into "Across The Sky".
# "Across The Sky" (Mays/Metheny) – 5:13
#* "Contains a hidden intro to "The Roots of Coincidence".
# "The Roots of Coincidence" (Metheny/Mays) – 7:48
# "Too Soon Tomorrow" (Metheny) – 5:45
# "The Awakening" (Metheny/Mays) – 9:28

Personnel

* Pat Metheny - Guitars, Guitar synth, Pikasso guitar
* Lyle Mays - Piano, keyboards
* Steve Rodby - Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass
* Paul Wertico - drums
* David Blamires - vocals, Guitar, Trumpet, Violin, Mellophone, Recorder
* Mark Ledford - vocals, Flugelhorn, Trumpet
* David Samuels - percussion
* Glen Velez - percussion
* Don Alias - percussion
* Mino Cinelu - percussion

ee also

* Pikasso guitar
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050215170805/http://home.wxs.nl/~hoeve803/iday2.htm Translated liner notes, from web.archive.org]