City of Eyes
| City of Eyes | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | January-November 1988 | |||
| Genre | Chamber jazz | |||
| Length | 46:53 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Ralph Towner chronology | ||||
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City of Eyes is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on the ECM label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "City of Eyes shows Ralph Towner as a musical explorer again, a composer and instrumentalist who can persuasively create aural travelogues through time, space, and terrain".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Ralph Towner
- "Jamaica Stopover" - 4:11
- "Cascades' - 6:47
- "Les Douzilles" - 6:10
- "City of Eyes" - 4:11
- "Sipping the Past" 2:31
- "Far Cry" - 4:23
- "Janet" - 3:21
- "Sustained Release" - 5:03
- "Tundra" - 4:40
- "Blue Gown" - 5:36
Personnel
- Ralph Towner — twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer
- Markus Stockhausen — trumpet, piccolo trumpet, fluegelhorn
- Paul McCandless — oboe, English horn
- Gary Peacock — bass
- Jerry Granelli — drums, electronic drums
References
- ^ ECM discography Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 29, 2011
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011