Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws

by Bruce Cockburn

Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: True North
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 45:38
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring the unexpected hit single 'Wondering Where the Lions Are', this release marked a significant commercial breakthrough for the esteemed Canadian singer-songwriter in the United States. The album marries his virtuosic, jazz-inflected acoustic fingerpicking with deeply poetic meditations on faith, nature, and the human condition. It remains a highly respected touchstone of late-70s progressive folk and intelligent adult contemporary music.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Acoustic, acoustic, existential, christian, rhythmic, technical, male-vocals, guitars, melodic, spirituality

Tracklist

  1. Creation Dream (4:07)
  2. Hills Of Morning (4:31)
  3. Badlands Flashback (6:20)
  4. Northern Lights (4:14)
  5. After The Rain (4:01)
  6. Wondering Where The Lions Are (3:47)
  7. Incandescent Blue (4:42)
  8. No Footprints (5:41)
  9. Dawn Music (4:30)
  10. Bye Bye Idi (3:41)

Credits

  • Bruce Cockburn - primary artist, guitar, voice, chimes, synthesizer, dulcimer, words by, music by, chimes guitar hammered dulcimer synthesizer, vocal
  • Bob Boucher - bass
  • Bob DiSalle - drums, drums (drum set)
  • Cub Richardson - lacquer cut by
  • Pat Godfrey - piano, marimba, backing vocals
  • Benbow - backing vocals, drums
  • Larry Silvera - backing vocals, bass
  • Robert Boucher - bass

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