Fables (Jean-Luc Ponty album)

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Fables
Fables Jean Luc Ponty.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1985
RecordedJuly–August 1985
StudioLa Tour d'Ivoire (Los Angeles, California)
Bill Schnee (North Hollywood, California)
Cherokee (Hollywood, California)
Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California)
The Village Recorder (West Los Angeles, California)
Genre Jazz fusion
Length35:12
Label Atlantic
Producer Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Open Mind
(1984)
Fables
(1985)
The Gift of Time
(1987)

Fables is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1985.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell noted that "Ponty's sound has opened up considerably", but that he "continues to explore the high-tech, electronic, sequenced ostinato world that he opened the door to on Individual Choice " and that the album is "very even... without any extreme peaks or dips". [1]

Fables is one of several of Ponty's albums that has been acknowledged as an influence on Detroit techno artists. In 2014, DJ Rolando cited it as his favourite album. [2]

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty. Adapted from liner notes.

No.TitleLength
1."Infinite Pursuit"5:58
2."Elephants in Love"5:21
3."Radioactive Legacy"6:16
4."Cats Tales"4:54
5."Perpetual Rondo"4:42
6."In the Kingdom of Peace"4:03
7."Plastic Idols"3:58
Total length:35:12

Personnel

Production

Charts

YearChartPosition
1985Billboard Jazz Albums9
Billboard 200166

References

  1. 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "Fables- Jean-Luc Ponty". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. Cavaliere, Patrizio. "Jean-Luc Ponty and the jazz record that Detroit fell in love with". JunoDaily. Retrieved 21 April 2023.