Book of Days (Meredith Monk album)

Book of Days is the seventh album by Meredith Monk, released in 1990 through ECM New Series.

Book of Days
Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedJune 1989 (1989-06) at Clinton Studios, New York City
GenreMinimalism
Length48:35
LabelECM New Series
ProducerManfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Do You Be
(1987)
Book of Days
(1990)
Facing North
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Meredith Monk, except "Dusk" by Wayne Hankin.

No.TitleLength
1."Early Morning Melody"1:28
2."Travellers 1, 2, 3"2:31
3."Dawn"3:18
4."Travellers 4/Churchyard Entertainment"6:34
5."Afternoon Melodies"4:46
6."Fields/Clouds"2:21
7."Dusk"2:31
8."Eva's Song"0:48
9."Evening"2:51
10."Travellers 5"1:55
11."Jewish Storyteller/Dance/Dream"4:54
12."Plague"3:10
13."Madwoman's Vision"7:40
14."Cave Song"3:48

Personnel

Musicians
  • Johanna Arnold vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
  • Joan Barber – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
  • Robert Een – vocals (2–6, 10–12), cello (13)
  • John Eppler – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
  • Ching Gonzalez – vocals (2–4, 6, 11–12)
  • Andrea Goodman – vocals (2–6, 9–12)
  • Wayne Hankin – vocals (5–6, 12), bagpipes (7), hurdy-gurdy (7)
  • Naaz Hosseini – vocals (1–6, 10–13), violin (13)
  • Meredith Monk – vocals
  • Toby Newman – vocals (8, 14)
  • Nicky Paraiso – vocals (2–4, 6, 11–12)
  • Timothy Sawyer – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
  • Nurit Tilles keyboards (3–4, 6), Hammond organ (14)
Production

References

  1. Allender, Mark W.B. "Book of Days". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2013.



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