Released 1981 Artist Michael Hedges Producer William Ackerman | Length 33:43 Release date 1981 Label Windham Hill Records | |
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Recorded The Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA Breakfast in the Field
(1981) Aerial Boundaries
(1984) Genres New-age music, World music Similar Michael Hedges albums, New-age music albums | ||
Breakfast in the Field is the debut recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label in 1981. It was recorded live to 2-track, with no overdubs.
Contents
Hedges recorded "Eleven Small Roaches", "Baby Toes" and "Two Days Old" on a six-string guitar built in 1978 by Ken DuBourg of Arbutus, Maryland. The remaining tracks were recorded using a guitar made by Ervin Somogyi.
Michael hedges breakfast in the field
Reception
Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote of the album "Hedges' compositional abilities alone would have been enough to mesmerize musicians and audiophiles, but his added improvisational skills put this recording way over the top both technically and artistically... While Hedges' follow-up, Aerial Boundaries, is often described as the guitarist's masterpiece, Breakfast in the Field has an early career spark and meditative yet passionate conviction that can't be surpassed.."
Track listing
All compositions by Michael Hedges.
- "Layover" – 2:32
- "The Happy Couple" – 3:23
- "Eleven Small Roaches" – 3:01
- "The Funky Avocado" – 2:05
- "Baby Toes" – 2:12
- "Breakfast in the Field" – 2:23
- "Two Days Old" – 4:44
- "Peg Leg Speed King" – 3:20
- "The Unexpected Visitor" – 2:49
- "Silent Anticipations" – 3:19
- "Lenono" – 3:55
Personnel
Songs
1Layover2:36
2The Happy Couple3:23
3Eleven Small Roaches3:01