Ecotopia (album)
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Studio album by Oregon | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | March 1987 | |||
Genre | Chamber jazz, ethno jazz, folk jazz, world fusion, jazz fusion, new-age | |||
Length | 48:22 | |||
Label | ECM | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Ecotopia is an album by American world music/jazz group Oregon featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Trilok Gurtu, who replaced Collin Walcott following his accidental death, recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 1½ stars, stating, "there is no excuse for this waste of studio time and Manfred Eicher's energy. It is no wonder that he began the ECM New Series a few years before, given the junk churned out by some of label's stable between 1983 and 1988, and this record is a stellar example. Simply put, this is a trite, new age piece of dreck slopped out by a group of musicians whose combined creativity should always take them to stellar heights. There are no redeeming tracks on this disc, and few redeeming moments ".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated
- "Twice Around the Sun" - 10:31
- "Innocente" - 6:24
- "WBAI" (Trilok Gurtu, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, Ralph Towner) - 2:02
- "Zephyr" - 5:55
- "Ecotopia" - 5:06
- "Leather Cats" (Glen Moore, Samantha Moore) - 7:39
- "ReDial" - 5:59
- "Song of the Morrow" (Collin Walcott) - 5:16
- Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in March 1987
Personnel
References
- ↑ ECM discography accessed September 28, 2011
- 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 28, 2011