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| Released | October 1, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Speech & Hearing Clinic, Mendocino, California | |||
| Genre | New-age, world | |||
| Length | 40:20 | |||
| Label | Windham Hill | |||
| Producer | Michael Hedges | |||
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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 #7 on the Billboard New Age Album charts.
The album was reissued in 2009 by Valley Entertainment. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote the album "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]
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