Songs From Liquid Days

by Philip Glass / The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman

Type: Album
Released: March 1986
Label: CBS Masterworks
Country: United States
Length: 39:49
Community rating: 3.18/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Collaborating with high-profile pop lyricists like Paul Simon, David Byrne, and Laurie Anderson, the renowned minimalist composer sought to merge contemporary art-pop with avant-garde repetition. The resulting song cycle utilizes soaring vocal performances layered atop Glass's signature, cyclical synthesizer patterns.

Genres

Post-Minimalism
Art Song

Descriptors: minimalistic

Tracklist

Songs from Liquid Days: No. 1, Changing Opinion (9:56)
Songs from Liquid Days: No. 2, Lightning (6:42)
Songs from Liquid Days: No. 3, Freezing (3:15)
Songs from Liquid Days: No. 4, Liquid Days, Pt. 1 (4:45)
Songs from Liquid Days: No. 5, Liquid Days, Pt. 2, Open the Kingdom (6:59)
Songs from Liquid Days: No. 6, Forgetting (8:09)

Credits

Philip Glass - primary artist, keyboards, music by, sleeve notes
Richard Peck - alto saxophone
John Beal - bass
Alan Raph - bass trombone
Fred Zlotkin - cello
Michael Riesman - conductor, keyboards, piano
The Philip Glass Ensemble - ensemble
Jack Kripl - flute