Busy Being Born
| Busy Being Born | ||||
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| Studio album by Gary Lucas | ||||
| Released | March 17, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 49:07 | |||
| Label | Tzadik | |||
| Producer | Gary Lucas, Kazunori Sugiyama | |||
| Gary Lucas chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
Busy Being Born is the fourth album by Gary Lucas, released on March 17, 1998 through Tzadik Records.
Track listing
All songs written and composed 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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