| Watching My Life Go By | ||||
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| Studio album by Michael Hedges | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | May 1985-Jun 1985, Naked Ear Studio, Palo Alto, CA | |||
| Genre | New-age, world | |||
| Length | 40:23 | |||
| Label | Windham Hill | |||
| Producer | Elliot Mazer | |||
| Michael Hedges chronology | ||||
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Watching My Life Go By is the third studio album by Michael Hedges released in 1985. [1] After two solo instrumental albums, Hedges sang on all the tracks on this release.
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| Allmusic |   |
Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote of the album "Subdued, almost uncharacteristically restrained, Hedges the singer/songwriter doesn't quite live up to Hedges the avant-garde or self-proclaimed "violent acoustic" guitarist... A bit of a learning experience, Watching My Life Go By might not be Hedges' finest offering; however, the record still features plenty of great performances of heartfelt material." [2]
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