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World Diary

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Released
  
1995

Artist
  
Tony Levin

Label
  
Papa Bear Records

World Diary (1995)
  
Waters of Eden (2000)

Release date
  
1995

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Genres
  
Progressive rock, Progressive metal

Similar
  
Tony Levin albums, Progressive rock albums

World Diary is the solo debut album of bass guitarist Tony Levin. Recorded largely with portable digital devices in casual settings like hotel rooms or apartments as Levin traveled the world, the album is mostly a series of duets or trios.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Levin and his respective collaborators
  1. "Chasms" (5:21)
  2. "The Train" (4:44)
  3. "We Stand in Sapphire Silence" (5:45)
  4. "Smoke (0:49)
  5. "Etude in the Key of Guildford" (3:13)
  6. "Espresso & the Bed of Nails" (4:46)
  7. "Mingled Roots" (3:49)
  8. "Nyatiti" (4:19)
  9. "Jewels" (3:48)
  10. "La Tristesse Amoureuse de la Nuit" (4:58)
  11. "Heat" (6:33)
  12. "I Cry to the Dolphined Sea" (5:41)
  13. "The Sound of Goodbye" (3:14)

Personnel

  • Tony Levin: bass guitar, Chapman stick and electric upright bass (all songs); espresso machine sample (6)
  • L. Shankar: electric violin and vocals (1)
  • Ayub Ogada: nyatiti and vocals, (2, 8)
  • Tchad Blake: train sample (2)
  • Brian Yamakoshi: koto (3,13)
  • Jerry Marotta: drums (3, 12)
  • Bendik: saxophones (4, 12)
  • Bill Bruford: electronic drums (5, 9)
  • Nexus: percussion: (6, 11)
  • Levon Minassian: doudouk (7, 10)
  • Manu Katche: drums (10)

    • Songs

    1Chasms5:22
    2The Train4:44
    3We Stand in Sapphire Silence5:46

    References

    World Diary Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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