| Odyssey | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August 1975 | |||
| Studio | Arne Bendiksen Studio Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:27:13 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1067/68 (1975) ECM 2136/38 (2012) | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Terje Rypdal chronology | ||||
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Odyssey is the fifth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1975 and released on ECM.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "[magnificent] effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz with long, brooding electric ruminations."[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Terje Rypdal
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Darkness Falls" | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Midnite" | 16:45 |
| Total length: | 20:18 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Adagio" | 13:16 |
| 2. | "Better Off without You" | 7:37 |
| Total length: | 20:53 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Over Birkerot" | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Fare Well" | 11:25 |
| 3. | "Ballade" | 5:55 |
| Total length: | 22:08 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rolling Stone" | 23:54 |
| Total length: | 23:54 1:27:13 | |
The album's first appearance on CD was in a single-disc version released in 1994 with "Rolling Stone" omitted. In 2012 ECM released a three-disc box set with the complete original track listing, plus Unfinished Highballs, a previously unreleased live recording from 1976.
All tracks are written by Terje Rypdal
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Darkness Falls" | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Midnite" | 16:45 |
| 3. | "Adagio" | 13:16 |
| 4. | "Better Off without You" | 7:37 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Over Birkerot" | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Fare Well" | 11:25 |
| 3. | "Ballade" | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Rolling Stone" | 23:54 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Unfinished Highballs" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "The Golden Eye" | 14:04 |
| 3. | "Scarlet Mistress" | 12:25 |
| 4. | "Dawn" | 12:29 |
| 5. | "Dine and Dance to the Music of the Waves" | 11:40 |
| 6. | "Talking Back" | 7:10 |
| 7. | "Bright Lights Big City" | 6:15 |
Personnel
References
- ↑ ECM discography Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 6, 2011
- 1 2 Dawson, M. P. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 174. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
External links
- "Somewhat of a voyage, also" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 2012-06-30. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
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