Book of Days (Meredith Monk album)

Book of Days
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released 1990
Recorded June 1989 (1989-06) at Clinton Studios, New York City
Genre Minimalism
Length 48:35
Label ECM New Series
Producer Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Do You Be
(1987)		 Book of Days
(1990)		 Facing North
(1992)
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Allmusic[1]

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

Track listing

All tracks 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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