Facing North
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| Studio album by Meredith Monk | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | April 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Minimalism | |||
| Length | 54:33 | |||
| Label | ECM New Series | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Meredith Monk chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Facing North is the eighth album by Meredith Monk, released in 1992 through ECM New Series.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Meredith Monk.
| Facing North | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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
References
- ↑ Allender, Mark W.B. "Meredith Monk: Facing North". Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2013.