Way of the Sun
by Jade Warrior
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 September 1978
- Label: Island
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 41:23
- Community rating: 3.62/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Jon Field, John Dentith, Skaila Kanga, Kuma Harada, Gowan Turnbull, Allan Price, Tony Duhig, Godfrey McLean, Dick Cuthell, Graham Morgan
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Concluding their acclaimed four-album run on Island Records, 'Way of the Sun' is a cinematic concept record heavily inspired by Central American mythology. The highly dynamic instrumental arrangements incorporate dense Latin percussion and ethereal synthesizer textures that strongly anticipated the coming new age boom.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, progressive, nature, mythology
Tracklist
- Sun Ra (3:31)
- Sun Child (2:43)
- Moontears (4:04)
- Heaven Stone (5:28)
- Way Of The Sun (5:59)
- River Song (5:03)
- Carnival (2:17)
- Dance Of The Sun (4:55)
- Death Of Ra (7:20)
Credits
- Jade Warrior - primary artist
- Bill Smith - bass
- Graham Morgan - drums
- John Dentith - drums
- Allan Price - drums, bass, congas
- Godfrey McLean - drums, bass, congas
- Kuma Harada - drums, bass, congas
- Skaila Kanga - harp