The Big Picture (Michael Shrieve album)

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The Big Picture
Michael Shrieve - The Big Picture.jpg
Studio album by
Michael Shrieve & David Beal
Released1988
Recorded Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA; Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, NY; Platinum Island Studios, NY, NY; Studio D, Sausalito, CA.
Genre New-age
Length44:21
Label Fortuna
Producer David Beal, Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve chronology
Transfer Station Blue
(1984)
The Big Picture
(1988)
Stiletto
(1989)
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The Big Picture is a collaborative album by Michael Shrieve and David Beal, released in 1988 through Fortuna Records.

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Michael Shrieve & David Beal.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Invisible Architect"5:45
2."Mon amie"4:08
3."Unspeakable Dawn"7:09
4."Izibongo"5:22
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Shaman's Drum"5:30
2."The Big Picture"6:05
3."Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep"5:24
4."Iron Voices"4:57

Personnel

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References

  1. Kohanov, Linda. "The Big Picture". Allmusic. Retrieved December 4, 2012.