Still Life (Talking)

Still Life (Talking)
Studio album by Pat Metheny Group
Released	July 7, 1987 (1987-07-07)
Recorded	March–April 1987
Studio	Power Station, New York City
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	42:30
Label	Geffen
Producer	Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Song X (1986) Still Life (Talking) (1987) Letter from Home (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Still Life (Talking) is the fifth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was released in 1987 on Geffen Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance ^[4] and was certified gold by the RIAA on July 2, 1992. ^[5]

In 2015, "Last Train Home" was used as the ending theme for "Battle in Egypt", the second half of the anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders . ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny except where noted.

Side one:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Minuano (Six Eight)"	Metheny, Mays	9:28
2.	"So May It Secretly Begin"		6:25
3.	"Last Train Home"		5:41

Side two:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(It's Just) Talk"		6:17
2.	"Third Wind"	Metheny, Mays	8:37
3.	"Distance"	Mays	2:45
4.	"In Her Family"		3:17

Personnel

• Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer
• Lyle Mays – piano, keyboards
• Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass
• Paul Wertico – drums
• Armando Marçal – percussion, backing vocals
• Mark Ledford – vocals
• David Blamires – vocals

Charts

Years	Chart	Position
1987	Billboard Jazz Albums	1
1987	Billboard Black Albums	43
1987	Billboard Pop Albums [7]	86

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Category
1988	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

References

1. Henderson, Alex (2011). "Still Life (Talking) - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 994. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "1987 Grammy Winners". grammy.com. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
5. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
6. Komatsu, Mikikazu (2015-01-09). "Pat Metheny Group's 1987 Song "Last Train Home" Featured as New ED Song for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
7. "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.