The Sound of Surprise

by Bill Bruford's Earthworks

The Sound of Surprise cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2001-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:05:13
  • Community rating: 3.49/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Dave McKean, David Singleton, Mark Hodgson, Bill Bruford, Steve Hamilton, Patrick Clahar

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bill Bruford's Earthworks play acoustic post-bop on 'The Sound of Surprise', the drummer's compositions favoring odd meters handled with a light touch. The album marks the quartet's mature acoustic phase after its electronic beginnings.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, melodic, instrumental, complex

Tracklist

  1. Revel Without a Pause (7:38)
  2. Triplicity (6:25)
  3. The Shadow of a Doubt (6:07)
  4. Teaching Vera to Dance (8:17)
  5. Half Life (5:25)
  6. Come to Dust (10:01)
  7. Cloud Cuckoo Land (6:10)
  8. Never the Same Way Once (7:26)
  9. The Wooden Man Sings, And the Stone Woman Dances (7:44)

Credits

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