American Garage
American Garage is the second album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1979 on ECM Records.
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | June 1979 | |||
| Studio | Long View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 35:21 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Pat Metheny | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
The album represented the most collaborative writing session between Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays up to that point in the band's history. According to Metheny, this yielded mixed results. He has said that the album's second track, "Airstream," is a favorite from this period. But both he and Mays have expressed less praise for the fifth and final track, "The Epic", which Metheny has claimed, "is all over the map."
American Garage marked Mays' first use of the Oberheim synthesizer, which became an integral part of the Group's sound.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Cross the) Heartland" | 6:55 |
| 2. | "Airstream" | 6:20 |
| 3. | "The Search" | 4:54 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | "American Garage" | 4:13 |
| 5. | "The Epic" | 12:59 |
Personnel
- Pat Metheny – 6-and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars
- Lyle Mays – piano, Oberheim synthesizer, autoharp, electric organ
- Mark Egan – electric bass
- Dan Gottlieb – drums
Charts
Album – Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 1 |
| 1980 | Billboard Pop Albums | 53 |
See also
References
- Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "American Garage - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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