:The Pavilion of Dreams
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Pavilion of Dreams
| type = studio
| artist = Harold Budd
| cover = Pavilion of Dreams.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = November 1976
| studio = Basing Street Studios, London{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-pavilion-of-dreams-mw0000203707/credits |title = The Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic}}
| genre =
| length = 47:38
| label = Editions EG
| producer = Brian Eno
| prev_title = The Oak of the Golden Dreams / Coeur D'Orr
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = The Plateaux of Mirror
| next_year = 1980
}}
The Pavilion of Dreams is the second album from minimalist composer Harold Budd. It was produced by Brian Eno.{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=The Pop Life |work=The New York Times |date=18 Feb 1987 |page=C21}} Billed as "an extended cycle of works begun in 1972", it was recorded in 1976 but not released until 1978 on Eno's label Obscure Records. It was later re-released on Editions EG in 1981.
Reception
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AllMusic wrote positively of the album, stating that in "mixing ethereal melodies communicated by voice or saxophone with glissando accompaniment, Harold Budd creates a series of siren songs on The Pavilion of Dreams that shimmer like light reflected on the water's surface."
Track listing
- "Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim" – 18:23
- "Two Songs: 1. Let Us Go into the House of the Lord / 2. Butterfly Sunday" – 6:19
- "Madrigals of the Rose Angel: 1. Rossetti Noise / 2. The Crystal Garden and a Coda" – 14:16
- "Juno" – 8:18
Personnel
- Marion Brown – alto saxophone
- Harold Budd – piano, voice
- Maggie Thomas – harp
- Richard Bernas – celeste
- Gavin Bryars – glockenspiel, voice
- Jo Julian – marimba, vibraphone, voice
- Michael Nyman – marimba, voice
- John White – marimba, percussion, voice
- Howard Rees – marimba, vibraphone
- Nigel Shipway – percussion
- Richard Bernas – piano
- Brian Eno – voice
- Lynda Richardson, Margaret Cable, Lesley Reid, Ursula Connors, Alison MacGregor, Muriel Dickinson – chorus
References
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- Translation of "Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim" from original album insert.
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Category:Albums produced by Brian Eno
Category:Ambient albums by American artists
Category:Obscure Records albums
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