Road to the Sun

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Road to the Sun
PatMetheny-RoadToTheSun cover.jpg
Studio album by
Pat Metheny
ReleasedMarch 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)
Studio
  • John Kilgore Sound and Recording (tracks 1-4)
  • Henson Recording Studios (tracks 5-10)
  • 67 Studio, NYC67 Studio, NYC (track 11)
Genre
Length56:39
Label BMG-Modern Recordings
Producer Pat Metheny and Steve Rodby
Pat Metheny chronology
From This Place
(2020)		Road to the Sun
(2021)		Side Eye NYC V1.IV
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
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All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]

Road to the Sun is a studio album by American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, released in March 2021 on BMG's Modern Recordings label. [4] The liner notes include credits for photos of a roseate tern and sooty tern, while the bird on the front cover most closely resembles a black-billed magpie. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny, except the final, which is by Arvo Pärt.

Four Paths of Light
No.TitleLength
1."Part 1"4:15
2."Part 2"6:22
3."Part 3"5:30
4."Part 4"3:10
Road to the Sun
No.TitleLength
5."Part 1"4:22
6."Part 2"6:45
7."Part 3"3:29
8."Part 4"4:06
9."Part 5"6:25
10."Part 6"3:24
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Für Alina"Arvo Pärt8:31

Personnel

Technical personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Pat Metheny: Road to the Sun". Metacritic .
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Pat Metheny: Road to the Sun". AllMusic .
  3. ↑ Calvitti, Mario. "Pat Metheny: Road to the Sun". All About Jazz .
  4. ↑ "Road to the Sun". patmetheny.com.
  5. ↑ Alderton, David (2019). The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of the World. Anness Publishing Ltd. p. 186. ISBN   978-0-7548-3423-6.
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