Oracle (Michael Hedges album)

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Oracle
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Studio album by
Michael Hedges
ReleasedOctober 1, 1996
RecordedSpeech & Hearing Clinic, Mendocino, California
Genre New-age, world
Length40:20
Label Windham Hill
Producer Michael Hedges
Michael Hedges chronology
The Road to Return
(1994)		Oracle
(1996)		 Torched
(1999)

Oracle is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. It won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Oracle peaked at number seven on the Billboard New Age Albums chart.

Contents

The album was reissued in 2009 by Valley Entertainment. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for AllMusic, wrote "On an album that is mostly instrumental and generally concerned more with melody than thematic cohesion and quirky technical breakthroughs, Hedges relies on his past offerings and simplest musical instincts for inspiration, and the results are splendid... this offering is consistent in its quality, and rare in its musical commitment." [2]

Track listing

  1. "The 2nd Law" – 3:07
  2. "Ignition" – 3:28
  3. "Baal T'shuvah" – 2:10
  4. "Dirge" – 3:29
  5. "Jitterboogie" – 2:37
  6. "Oracle" – 4:08
  7. "Gospel" – 2:22
  8. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:01
  9. "Theme from Hatari!" (Henry Mancini) – 3:19
  10. "Aura Müünta" – 2:58
  11. "Jitterboogie (Family version)" – 2:09
  12. "Sofa No. 1" (Frank Zappa) – 2:42
  13. "When I Was 4" – 4:19
  14. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 3:08

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. ↑ Valley Entertainment reissue of Oracle
  2. 1 2 Anderson, Jason. "Oracle > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved January 14, 2017.
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