Imaginary Day

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Imaginary Day
Imaginary Day cover
Studio album by Pat Metheny Group
Released 1997
Genre Fusion, Jazz
Label Warner Bros
Producer(s) Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
Professional reviews
Pat Metheny Group chronology
Quartet
(1996)		 Imaginary Day
(1997)		 Speaking of Now
(2002)


Imaginary Day is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1997 by Warner Bros. It also won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

The album leans heavily toward world fusion, drawing upon a variety of global influences. Indonesian styles are particularly pronounced, with Balinese gamelan music appearing in "Imaginay Day" and "Into the Dream". "The Heat of the Day" demonstrates repetitive whiffs of Iranian folk music. It also showcases the Group's first (and thus far, only) foray into industrial rock, with "Roots of Coincidence". And in "Awakening", the album concludes with strongly Gaelic melodies.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Imaginary Day" (Metheny/Mays) – 10:11
  2. "Follow Me" (Metheny/Mays) – 5:56
  3. "Into The Dream" (Metheny) – 2:27
  4. "Story Within The Story" (Metheny/Mays) – 8:01
  5. "Heat of The Day" (Metheny/Mays) – 9:44
  6. "Across The Sky" (Mays/Metheny) – 5:13
  7. "Roots of Coincidence" (Metheny/Mays) – 7:48
  8. "Too Soon Tomorrow" (Metheny) – 5:45
  9. "Awakening" (Metheny/Mays) – 9:28

[edit] Personnel

[edit] See also

Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny | Lyle Mays | Steve Rodby | Antonio Sanchez | Cuong Vu | Grégoire Maret | Nando Lauria
Mark Egan | Dan Gottlieb | Nana Vasconcelos | Pedro Aznar | Paul Wertico | Armando Marcal | David Blamires | Mark Ledford | Luis Conte | Richard Bona
Discography
Pat Metheny Group | American Garage | Offramp | Travels | First Circle | The Falcon and the Snowman | Still Life (Talking) | Letter from Home | The Road to You | We Live Here | Quartet | Imaginary Day | Speaking of Now | The Way Up
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