Rites (album)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "On one collection, listeners get music for prayer, contemplation, and grief, as well as a funky European read of indigenous music for moving to and celebrating. Clearly this is what sets Rites above Garbarek's other recordings, him taking that balance he possessed so early in his career back again and putting it to work in a near-sacred setting".

Track listing

Disc One:

1. "Rites" - 8:29
2. "Where the Rivers Meet" - 7:02
3. "Vast Plain, Clouds" - 5:55
4. "So Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water" - 6:11
5. "Song, Tread Lightly" - 7:45
6. "It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice" - 6:45
7. "Her Wild Ways" - 6:46

Disc Two:

1. "It's High Time" - 3:36
2. "One Ying for Every Yang" - 6:36
3. "Pan" - 6:13
4. "We Are the Stars" - 5:03
5. "The Moon Over Mtatsminda" (Jansug Kakhidze) - 4:02
6. "Malinye" (Don Cherry) - 6:22
7. "The White Clown" - 3:47
8. "Evenly They Danced" - 5:18
9. "Last Rite" - 8:25

Personnel