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Oracle (Michael Hedges album)

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Released
  
Oct 1, 1996

Label
  
Windham Hill

Artist
  
Michael Hedges

Producer
  
Michael Hedges

Length
  
40:20

Oracle (1996)
  
Torched (1999)

Release date
  
1 October 1996

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Recorded
  
Speech & Hearing Clinic, Mendocino, California

Genres
  
New-age music, World music

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album

Similar
  
Torched, Taproot, Breakfast in the Field, Watching My Life Go By, The Road to Return

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Oracle is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. It won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Oracle peaked at #7 on the Billboard New Age Album charts.

Contents

The album was reissued in 2009 by Valley Entertainment.

Michael hedges oracle


Reception

Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote the album "On an album that is mostly instrumental and generally concerned more with melody than thematic cohesion and quirky technical breakthroughs, Hedges relies on his past offerings and simplest musical instincts for inspiration, and the results are splendid... this offering is consistent in its quality, and rare in its musical commitment."

Track listing

  • All compositions by Michael Hedges except as noted.
  • "Greensleeves" was not listed in the liner notes. It was originally recorded for The Windham Hill sampler Carols of Christmas.
    1. "The 2nd Law" – 3:07
    2. "Ignition" – 3:28
    3. "Baal T'Shuvah" – 2:10
    4. "Dirge" – 3:29
    5. "Jitterboogie" – 2:37
    6. "Oracle" – 4:08
    7. "Gospel" – 2:22
    8. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:01
    9. "Theme From Hatari" (Henry Mancini) – 3:19
    10. "Aura Müünta" – 2:58
    11. "Jitterboogie (Family version)" – 2:09
    12. "Sofa No. 1" (Frank Zappa) – 2:42
    13. "When I Was 4" – 4:19
    14. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 3:08

    Personnel

  • Michael Hedges – guitar, bass, harp guitar, synthesizers, harmonica, vocals, alto flute
  • Michael Manring – fretless bass

    • Songs

    1The 2nd Law3:10
    2Ignition3:30
    3Baal T'shuvah2:14

    References

    Oracle (Michael Hedges album) Wikipedia
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