Facing North

Facing North
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Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	1992
Recorded	April 1992 (1992-04) at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Minimalism
Length	54:33
Label	ECM New Series
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Book of Days (1990) Facing North (1992) Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts (1993)

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Facing North is the eighth album by Meredith Monk, released in 1992 through ECM New Series.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Meredith Monk

Facing North

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Northern Lights 1"	1:58
2.	"Chinook"	4:45
3.	"Long Shadows 1"	2:24
4.	"Keeping Warm"	4:13
5.	"Northern Lights 2"	2:58
6.	"Chinook Whispers"	0:32
7.	"Arctic Bar"	4:34
8.	"Hocket"	4:21
9.	"Long Shadows 2"	5:39

Vessel: An Opera Epic

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Epic"	9:25
11.	"Fire Dance"	1:58
12.	"Little Epiphany/Sybil Song"	4:23
13.	"An Opera Epic: Mill"	3:01

Recent Ruins

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Boat Song"	4:22

Personnel

Musicians

• Robert Een – pitch pipe, vocals
• Meredith Monk – vocals, piano, organ, pitch pipe

Production

• Manfred Eicher – production
• Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineering
• Barbara Wojirsch – design