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Tracklist (Vinyl)
| A1 | | Invocation | | 7:09 | | A2 | | Kalimba Suite | | 3:40 | | A3 | | A Silken Road | | 4:26 | | B1 | | Fertile Field | | 5:43 | | B2 | | Dervishes | | 2:15 | | B3 | | Ziggurat | | 5:20 | | C1 | | Sisters | | 1:23 |
See more tracks| C2 | | Circlings | | 1:13 | | C3 | | Chanson | | 1:30 | | C4 | | Windows | | 4:02 | | C5 | | Marlowe | | 4:09 | | C6 | | Mass | | 2:41 | | D1 | | Pat & Joe | | 2:11 | | D2 | | Taylor Made | | 4:21 | | D3 | | A Piece, A Chord | | 3:46 | | D4 | | Monks / The Shepherd | | 2:49 |
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Review
Bobby McFerrin's twelfth album is about as excellent an opera-gone-bust as you'll hear. The vocalist's first new effort in five years is a collection of sixteen pieces that were initially conceived during writing sessions for an opera, no doubt inspired by McFerrin's more recent pursuits as a conductor. As is the songs form a beautifully diverse spread of music that, as is often the case with McFerrin, doggedly resists categorization. The opening, seven-minute "Invocation" sets that tone immediately, as it segues from a soothing classical-minded… Read More intro into a calypso-tinged swinger riding a tempo-shift wave instigated by Chick Corea's always tasteful acoustic piano work. And that m.o. is sustained throughout, as McFerrin crafts a global kitchen sink, skipping from continent to continent and fusing styles with a gleeful disregard to genre rules. Be it American ("Ziggurat"), European ("Mass") or Far Eastern ("A Silken Road") traditions with which he paints, McFerrin's voice is a malleable instrument like no other in music. ANDREW DANSBY
(April 2, 2002)
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