In Search of the Turtle's Navel

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In Search of the Turtle's Navel
Studio album by Will Ackerman
Released	1976
Genre	New Age
Length	45:05
Label	Windham Hill
Producer(s)	Scott Saxon & William Ackerman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Will Ackerman chronology
	In Search of the Turtle's Navel (1976)	It Takes a Year (1977)

In Search of the Turtle's Navel is the 1976 debut album by guitarist Will Ackerman. Some consider the album to be the start of New Age music.^[1] The album certianly transformed Ackerman from carpenter and head of Windham Hill Builders to musician and executive of Windham Hill Records.

[edit] Track listing

All compositions by Will Ackerman

1. "The Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen" – 5:32
2. "Ely" – 5:26
3. "Windham Mary" – 4:27
4. "Processional" – 3:43
5. "Second Great Tortion Bar Overland of West Townshend, Vermont, Jose Pepsi Attending" – 2:33
6. "What the Buzzard Told Suzanne" – 4:33
7. "Barbara's Song" – 7:28
8. "Gazos" – 4:36
9. "Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction" – 3:34
10. "Dance for the Death of a Bird" – 5:59

[edit] Notes and sources

1. ^ ^{a b} William Ruhlmann, "Review: In Search of the Turtle's Navel", All Music Guide (link)