The Pearl (album)

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All tracks are written by Brian Eno and Harold Budd.

The Pearl
Budd & Eno's The Pearl.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1984
StudioGrant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario
Genre Ambient
Length42:59
Label Editions EG
Producer
Harold Budd chronology
Abandoned Cities
(1982)
The Pearl
(1984)
Lovely Thunder
(1986)
Brian Eno chronology
Music for Films Volume 2
(1983)
The Pearl
(1984)
Thursday Afternoon
(1985)
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Late October"4:42
2."A Stream with Bright Fish"3:55
3."The Silver Ball"3:23
4."Against the Sky"4:46
5."Lost in the Humming Air"4:02
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Dark-Eyed Sister"4:39
2."Their Memories"3:52
3."The Pearl"3:08
4."Foreshadowed"3:47
5."An Echo of Night"2:26
6."Still Return"4:19
Total length:42:59

Personnel

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