Prayers & Observations

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Prayers & Observations
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 15, 2006 (2006-12-15)
Genre Jazz
Length45:09
Label Jazzland
Producer Bugge Wesseltoft
Torun Eriksen chronology
Glittercard
(2003)
Prayers & Observations
(2006)

Prayers & Observations (released 2006 by the label Jazzland 2006) is the second album by jazz composer and vocalist Torun Eriksen. In ten new songs written by Eriksen, she is once again joined by her loyal musicians. As her first release Glittercard (Jazzland 2003) was produced by Bugge Wesseltoft, he again applies his trademark production to this album. [1]

Contents

Musicians

Track listing

  1. «Joy» (4:05)
  2. «My Boys» (4:26)
  3. «Way To Go» (4:33) [2]
  4. «Song Of Sadness» (3:49)
  5. «Featuring Youth» (5:24)
  6. «The Sky From Where I Live» (5:12)
  7. «Stories» (4:39)
  8. «This Is Real» (4:44)
  9. «Tired» (4:46)
  10. «Saviour» (3:27)

Credits

Notes

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