Earthworks (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Earthworks
Type = Studio
Artist = Earthworks


Released = 1987
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz fusion
Length = 43:55
Label = EG Records
Producer = Dave Stewart & Bill Bruford
Reviews =
* Allmusic - Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifwxqq5ldfe link]
Last album =
This album = Earthworks (1987)
Next album = Dig? (1989)

Earthworks is the debut album by Earthworks, a jazz band led by drummer Bill Bruford. It was released in 1987.

Track listing

# "Thud" (4:10)
# "Making A Song And Dance" (5:52)
# "Up North" (5:19)
# "Pressure" (7:25)
# "My Heart Declares A Holiday" (4:35)
# "Emotional Shirt" (4:45)
# "The Shepherd Is Eternal" (1:50)
# "Bridge Of Inhibition" (4:15)

Personnel

* Bill Bruford - Drums, Percussion, Whirled Instruments
* Iain Ballamy - Saxophones
* Django Bates - Keyboards, Horn, Trumpet
* Mick Hutton - Acoustic Bass

*Dave Stewart - co-producer (with Bruford), and credited with "samples, keyboard bass, very occasional additional keyboards".

Dave Stewart was the only musician with whom Bruford had recorded before, and his distinctive keyboard sound is most clearly audible on the tracks 'Making a Song and Dance' and 'Pressure'.