Cosmic Messenger

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Cosmic Messenger
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Studio album by
Jean-Luc Ponty
ReleasedAugust 10, 1978
RecordedApril 1978
Studio Cherokee Studios & Chateau Recorders (Hollywood, California)
Genre Jazz fusion
Length37:45
Label Atlantic
Producer Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Enigmatic Ocean
(1977)		Cosmic Messenger
(1978)		 Live
(1979)
Professional ratings
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Cosmic Messenger is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1978. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

  1. "Cosmic Messenger" – 4:38
  2. "The Art of Happiness" – 4:33
  3. "Don't Let the World Pass You By" – 6:23
  4. "I Only Feel Good With You" – 3:05
  5. "Puppet's Dance" – 3:40
  6. "Fake Paradise" – 5:41
  7. "Ethereal Mood" – 4:03
  8. "Egocentric Molecules" – 5:44

Personnel

Production

Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California, and Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California.
Mixed at Chateau Recorders.
Mastered at Sterling Sound Inc., New York City, New York.

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1978Billboard Jazz Albums2
Billboard Pop Albums [4] 36

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References

  1. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger (1978) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Miller, Mark (25 Sep 1978). "Ponty struts his stuff without retaining identity". The Globe and Mail. p. P14.
  4. ↑ "Jean-Luc Ponty". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2024.


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