The Edge of Heaven
by Gary Lucas
- Type: Album
- Released: 2001-01-01
- Label: Unknown
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:45
- Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'The Edge of Heaven', guitarist Gary Lucas revives the Chinese popular songs of 1930s Shanghai, performing the repertoire of singers like Bai Kwong with guest vocalists. The album extends his American primitivist technique into a cross-cultural repertory project.
Genres
Descriptors: guitars, covers, melodic, atmospheric, traditional, acoustic, instrumental
Tracklist
- Old Dreams (3:31)
- Please Allow Me To Look At You Again (3:20)
- The Mad World (2:19)
- The Wall (3:03)
- If I'm Without You (2:43)
- Night In Shanghai (2:38)
- Where Is My Home (2:49)
- Songstress On The Edge Of Heaven (3:33)
- I Wait For Your Return (2:54)
- Pretense (2:03)
- The Moon In The Street (3:07)
- The Wall (Instrumental Version) (3:03)
- Please Allow Me To Look At You Again (Instrumental Version) (3:42)
Credits
- Jason Candler - engineer
- Sascha Von Oertzen - engineer
- Tim Powell - engineer
- Pierre Walfisz - executive-producer
- Andy Shih - executive-producer [co-executive producer]
- Mi Ling Tsui - liner notes [lyric translation]
- Lionel Nicod - mastered by
- Hsuay Shi Tsuen - lyrics by
- Ho Shang - music by
- Yen Huan - lyrics by
- Chang Hung - music by
- Li Chun Ching - lyrics by
- Li Qui Niu - music by
- Tsieh Tien - lyrics by
- San Min - music by
- Lu Li - lyrics by
- Fan Yien Chiao - lyrics by
- Chen Mai - music by
- Hsu Soo Ling - lyrics by
- Chen Re Jing - music by
- Tien Han - lyrics by
- He Lou Ting - music by
- Yeh Yi Fong - lyrics by
- Ching Gang - music by
- Wu Chun - lyrics by
- Cheng Hao - music by