The White Arcades
by Harold Budd
- Type: Album
- Released: 1988
- Label: Opal
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:54
- Community rating: 3.96/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'The White Arcades' presents a delicately constructed ambient landscape driven by Harold Budd's signature soft pedal piano techniques and ethereal synthesizer washes. Moving away from his earlier acoustic purity, the record incorporates sequenced electronics to build vast, soothing, and deeply melancholic environments.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, piano, ambient, gentle, shimmering, minimal
Tracklist
- The White Arcades (4:44)
- Balthus Bemused By Color (5:16)
- The Child With A Lion (6:38)
- The Real Dream Of Sails (6:08)
- Algebra Of Darkness (6:32)
- Totems Of The Red-Sleeved Warrior (3:23)
- The Room (3:07)
- Coyote (2:45)
- The Kiss (3:17)
Credits
- Harold Budd - primary artist, written-by, performer, producer
- Dave Coppenhall - design [cover], artwork
- Russell Mills - design [cover], artwork
- Carsten P眉schel - direct metal mastering by
- Brian Eno - engineer, composed by [co-composed by]
- Keith Mitchell - engineer
- Lincoln Fong - engineer
- Robin Guthrie - engineer
- Jack Adams - mastered by
- David Buckland - photography by