Busy Being Born
Busy Being Born is the fourth album by Gary Lucas, released on March 17, 1998 through Tzadik Records.
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| Released | March 17, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 49:07 | |||
| Label | Tzadik | |||
| Producer | Gary Lucas, Kazunori Sugiyama | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Gary Lucas, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Adon Olom" (Instrumental) | Traditional arr. | 1:30 |
| 2. | "Adon Olom" (Vocal) | Traditional arr. | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Shekhinah" | 2:19 | |
| 4. | "Sandman" | 4:27 | |
| 5. | "Sunrise Sunset" | Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Tradition" | Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick | 2:35 |
| 7. | "The Mensch in the Moon" | Walter Horn, Gary Lucas | 5:07 |
| 8. | "Lydia, The Tattooed Lady" | Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg | 2:06 |
| 9. | "Crawlspace" | 3:08 | |
| 10. | "Dayenu/Dreidel" | Traditional arr. | 2:56 |
| 11. | "Fleischerei" | Green, Lerner, Timberg | 3:01 |
| 12. | "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" | Luther Dixon, Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers | 2:41 |
| 13. | "The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao" | Leigh Harline | 2:06 |
| 14. | "Abie the Fishman" | 2:28 | |
| 15. | "Hinay Ma Tov" | Traditional arr. | 2:53 |
| 16. | "Theme from Exodus" | Ernest Gold | 2:50 |
| 17. | "Adon Olom" (Acappella) | Traditional arr. | 2:56 |
Personnel
- Musicians
- Greg Cohen – bass guitar
- Jonathan Kane – drums
- Gary Lucas – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, production
- Production and additional personnel
- Larry Fine – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
- André Grossmann – photography
- Kenny Hurwitz – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
- Tim Kalliches – engineering
- Misako Kano – piano on "Abie the Fishman"
- Ikue Mori – design
- Sascha von Oertzen – engineering
- Kazunori Sugiyama – production
- Irene Trudel – engineering
- Allan Tucker – mastering
- John Zorn – saxophone on "Adon Olom" and "Sandman"
References
- Layne, Joslyn. "Busy Being Born". Allmusic. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- columnist (June 19, 1998). Entertainment Weekly: 75. Missing or empty
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