Odyssey (Terje Rypdal album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Odyssey
| type = Album
| artist = Terje Rypdal
| cover = Odyssey (Terje Rypdal album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = August 1975
| studio = Arne Bendiksen Studio
Oslo, Norway
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=27|s=13}}
| label = ECM 1067/68 ST (1975)
ECM 1067 (1994)
ECM 2136/38 (2012)
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Terje Rypdal
| prev_title = Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = After the Rain
| next_year = 1976
}}
Odyssey is the fifth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal, recorded in August 1975 and released on ECM later that year. The quintet features trombonist Torbjørn Sunde, and rhythm section Brynjulf Blix, Sveinung Hovensjø and Svein Christiansen.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1067.php? ECM discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328052036/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1067.php |date=2012-03-28 }} accessed September 6, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "[magnificent] effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz with long, brooding electric ruminations."Dawson, M. P. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/odyssey-r146796 Allmusic Review] accessed September 6, 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|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
| pages = 174
}}
}}
Track listing
= Original release – ECM 1067/68 ST =
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Terje Rypdal
| headline = Side I
| title1 = Darkness Falls
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = Midnite
| length2 = 16:45
| total_length = 20:18
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Adagio
| length1 = 13:16
| title2 = Better Off Without You
| length2 = 7:37
| total_length = 20:53
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side III
| title1 = Over Birkerot
| length1 = 4:48
| title2 = Fare Well
| length2 = 11:25
| title3 = Ballade
| length3 = 5:55
| total_length = 22:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side IV
| title1 = Rolling Stone
| length1 = 23:54
| total_length = 23:54 1:27:13
}}
= 1994 CD reissue – ECM 1067/68 ST =
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Terje Rypdal
| title1 = Darkness Falls
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = Midnite
| length2 = 16:45
| title3 = Adagio
| length3 = 13:16
| title4 = Better Off Without You
| length4 = 7:37
| title5 = Over Birkerot
| length5 = 4:48
| title6 = Fare Well
| length6 = 11:25
| title7 = Ballade
| length7 = 5:55
| total_length =
}}
= 2012 box set – ECM 2136/38 =
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Terje Rypdal
| headline = Disc one
| title1 = Darkness Falls
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = Midnite
| length2 = 16:45
| title3 = Adagio
| length3 = 13:16
| title4 = Better Off Without You
| length4 = 7:37
| total_length =
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = Over Birkerot
| length1 = 4:48
| title2 = Fare Well
| length2 = 11:25
| title3 = Ballade
| length3 = 5:55
| title4 = Rolling Stone
| length4 = 23:54
| total_length =
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Disc three: Unfinished Highballs
| title1 = Unfinished Highballs
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = The Golden Eye
| length2 = 14:04
| title3 = Scarlet Mistress
| length3 = 12:25
| title4 = Dawn
| length4 = 12:29
| title5 = Dine and Dance to the Music of the Waves
| length5 = 11:40
| title6 = Talking Back
| length6 = 7:10
| title7 = Bright Lights Big City
| length7 = 6:15
}}
- Unfinished Highballs is a previously unreleased live recording from 1976
Personnel
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Somewhat of a voyage, also|url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/alle-anmeldelser/musikkanmeldelse/ogsa-litt-av-en-reise/|publisher=Dagsavisen|language=Norwegian|date=2012-06-30|access-date=2012-06-30|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223112753/http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/alle-anmeldelser/musikkanmeldelse/ogsa-litt-av-en-reise/|archive-date=2013-02-23|url-status=dead}}
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