Philip GlassFeaturing: Linda Ronstadt, Kronos Quartet
Songs From Liquid Days (LP)
LabelFM, CBSGenreExperimental
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Released 31 March 1986. Glass wanted to find out what a song would sound like written by someone whose adult life had been spent in concert music. Six pieces. Lyrics commissioned from four songwriters: David Byrne (Liquid Days), Paul Simon (Changing Opinion, Open the Kingdom), Suzanne Vega (Freezing, Lightning) and Laurie Anderson (Forgetting). Glass set the words, then he, Kurt Munkacsi and Michael Riesman cast the singers.
Vocals are by Linda Ronstadt, The Roches, Douglas Perry, Bernard Fowler and Janice Pendarvis. The Kronos Quartet plays the string parts on Freezing. Robert Mapplethorpe photograph on the cover. Recorded at The Living Room (NYC) and The Complex (LA). The album became Glass's best-selling LP to that point: a record that found pop radio without compromising the Glass Ensemble's vocabulary.
Release notes
Recorded and mixed at The Living Room, NY. Additional recording at The Complex, LA. Mastered at Masterdisk, NY. Produced for Euphorbia Productions, Ltd. Two-sided 12" lyrics sheet inserted. Catalog # also refers to US release. Title of B1 as "Liquid Days (Part One)" on the back sleeve but as "Liquid Days (Part I)" on the disc label. Title of B2 as "Open The Kingtom (Liquid Days, Part Two)" on the back sleeve but as "Open The Kingtom (Liquid Days, Part II)" on the disc label. © 1986 CBS Inc./…
| A1 | Changing Opinion | 9:56 | |
| A2 | Lightning | 6:43 | |
| A3 | Freezing | 3:16 | |
| B1 | Liquid Days (Part I) | 4:46 | |
| B2 | Open The Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part II) | 7:00 | |
| B3 | Forgetting | 8:05 |
- Richard Peck
- Alto Saxophone
- Joel Zimmerman
- Art Direction
- John Beal
- Bass
- Alan Raph
- Bass Trombone
- Frederick Zlotkin
- Cello
- Philip Glass
- Composed By, Keyboards, Liner Notes
- Michael Riesman
- Conductor, Keyboards
- Sharon Rice
- Engineer [Additional Recording Assistant]
- George Massenburg
- Engineer [Additional Recording]
- Bill Kipper
- Engineer [Mastering]
- Dan Dryden
- Engineer [Recording & Mixing]
- Don Christensen
- Engineer [Recording & Mixing]
- Jack Kripl
- Flute
- Paul Dunkel
- Flute
- Robert Carlisle
- French Horn
- Joseph Anderer
- French Horn
- The Philip Glass Ensemble
- Performer
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Photography By [Cover]
- Kurt Munkacsi
- Producer
- Jon Gibson
- Soprano Saxophone
- James Pugh
- Trombone
- Philip Ruecktenwald
- Trumpet
- Stephen Burns
- Trumpet
- Wilmer Wise
- Trumpet
- Jill Jaffe
- Viola
- Paul Doktor
- Viola
- Sol Greitzer
- Viola
- Carol Pool
- Violin
- Elliot Rosoff
- Violin
- Linda Quan
- Violin
- Marti Sweet
- Violin
- Richard Sortomme
- Violin
- Sanford Allen
- Violin
