Diary (Ralph Towner album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Diary
| type = Album
| artist = Ralph Towner
| cover = Diary (Ralph Towner album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1973
| recorded = {{Start and end date|1973|04|04|1973|04|05}}
| venue =
| studio = Studio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:46
| label = ECM 1032 ST
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Ralph Towner
| prev_title = Trios / Solos
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Matchbook
| next_year = 1975
}}
Diary is the debut solo album by American jazz guitarist and composer Ralph Towner, recorded over two days in April 1973 and released on ECM later that year.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1032.php? ECM discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914173144/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1032.php |date=2012-09-14 }} accessed August 31, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "It's a solo performance with a twist: Towner plays not only 12-string and classical guitars, but also very competent piano.... Towner accompanies himself via overdubs, playing both guitar and piano for an effect vaguely reminiscent of Bill Evans' Conversations with Myself."Adler, D. R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/diary-r149087 Allmusic Review] accessed August 31, 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| page = 193
}}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1410}}
}}
Track listing
{{track
| headline = Side I
| all_writing = Ralph Towner, except where noted.
| title1 = Dark Spirit
| length1 = 7:21
| title2 = Entry in a Diary
| length2 = 3:55
| title3 = Images Unseen
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = Icarus
| length4 = 6:18
}}
{{track
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Mon enfant
| writer1 = Traditional
| length1 = 5:42
| title2 = Odgen Road
| length2 = 8:02
| title3 = Erg
| length3 = 3:21
| title4 = Silence of a Candle
| length4 = 3:53
}}
Personnel
- Ralph Towner – twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, gong