Book of Days (Meredith Monk album)

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Released 1990 Book of Days (1990) Facing North (1992) Release date 1990 Label ECM New Series		Length 48:35 Artist Meredith Monk Producer Manfred Eicher Genre Minimal music

Recorded June 1989 (1989-06) at Clinton Studios, New York City Similar Dolmen Music, Songs of Ascension, Turtle Dreams, Do You Be, Facing North

Book of Days is the seventh album by Meredith Monk, released in 1990 through ECM New Series.

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All tracks written by Meredith Monk, except "Dusk" by Wayne Hankin.

Musicians

Johanna Arnold – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)

Joan Barber – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)

Robert Een – vocals (2–6, 10–12), cello (13)

John Eppler – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)

Ching Gonzalez – vocals (2–4, 6, 11–12)

Andrea Goodman – vocals (2–6, 9–12)

Wayne Hankin – vocals (5–6, 12), bagpipes (7), hurdy-gurdy (7)

Naaz Hosseini – vocals (1–6, 10–13), violin (13)

Meredith Monk – vocals

Toby Newman – vocals (8, 14)

Nicky Paraiso – vocals (2–4, 6, 11–12)

Timothy Sawyer – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)

Nurit Tilles – keyboards (3–4, 6), Hammond organ (14)

Production

Manfred Eicher – production

James Farber – recording

Jan Erik Kongshaug – mixing

Dominique Lasseur – photography

Barbara Wojirsch – design

1Early Morning Melody1:35
2Travellers 1 - 2 - 32:32
3Dawn3:21

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