Book of Days (Meredith Monk album)

Book of Days
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	1990
Recorded	June 1989 (1989-06)
Studio	Clinton Studios New York City
Genre	Minimalism
Length	48:35
Label	ECM New Series ECM 1399
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Do You Be (1987) Book of Days (1990) Facing North (1992)

Book of Days is the seventh album by Meredith Monk, recorded in June 1989 and released on the ECM New Series the following yearr.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Meredith Monk, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Early Morning Melody"		1:28
2.	"Travellers 1, 2, 3"		2:31
3.	"Dawn"		3:18
4.	"Travellers 4/Churchyard Entertainment"		6:34
5.	"Afternoon Melodies"		4:46
6.	"Fields/Clouds"		2:21
7.	"Dusk"	Wayne Hankin	2:31
8.	"Eva's Song"		0:48
9.	"Evening"		2:51
10.	"Travellers 5"		1:55
11.	"Jewish Storyteller/Dance/Dream"		4:54
12.	"Plague"		3:10
13.	"Madwoman's Vision"		7:40
14.	"Cave Song"		3:48

Personnel

Musicians

• Johanna Arnold – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
• Joan Barber – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
• Robert Een – vocals (2–6, 10–12), cello (13)
• John Eppler – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
• Ching Gonzalez – vocals (2–4, 6, 11–12)
• Andrea Goodman – vocals (2–6, 9–12)
• Wayne Hankin – vocals (5–6, 12), bagpipes (7), hurdy-gurdy (7)
• Naaz Hosseini – vocals (1–6, 10–13), violin (13)
• Meredith Monk – vocals
• Toby Newman – vocals (8, 14)
• Nicky Paraiso – vocals (2–4, 6, 11–12)
• Timothy Sawyer – vocals (3–4, 6, 11–12)
• Nurit Tilles – keyboards (3–4, 6), Hammond organ (14)

Technical personnel

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Jan Erik Kongshaug – mixing engineer
• James Farber – recording engineer
• Barbara Wojirsch – design
• Dominique Lasseur – photography

References

1. Allender, Mark W.B. "Book of Days". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

External links

• Book Of Days at Discogs (list of releases)