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Cloud About Mercury

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Released
  
1987

Length
  
45:16

Artist
  
David Torn

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
March 1986

Cloud About Mercury (1986)
  
Door X (1990)

Release date
  
1987

Label
  
ECM Records

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David Torn albums, Jazz albums

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Cloud About Mercury is the second album by guitarist David Torn. It was recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 5 stars stating "Simply put, Cloud About Mercury looms as one of the finest jazz fusion dates of the '80s, and should be deemed a mandatory purchase for aficionados of this genre".

Track listing

All compositions by David Torn except as indicated
  1. "Suyafhu Skin... Snapping the Hollow Reed" - 8:21
  2. "The Mercury Grid" - 6:33
  3. "3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment" - 7:10
  4. "Previous Man" (Bill Bruford, Mark Isham, Tony Levin, David Torn) - 7:55
  5. "Networks of Sparks: a) The Delicate Code" - 4:52
  6. "Networks of Sparks: b) Egg Learns to Walk... Suyafhu Seal" (Bruford, Isham, Levin, Torn/Torn) - 10:25
Recorded at Audio International in London in March 1986

Personnel

  • David Torn - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Mark Isham - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizer
  • Tony Levin - Chapman stick, synthesizer bass
  • Bill Bruford - Simmons drums, synthesizer-drums, percussion

    • Songs

    1Suyafhu Skin Snapping the Hollow Reed8:21
    2The Mercury Grid6:34
    33 Minutes of Pure Entertainment7:10

    References

    Cloud About Mercury Wikipedia
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