- ambient, electronic, experimental rock
- 43 min
- 11 tracks
The Pearl is the second collaborative studio album by Harold Budd and Brian Eno, released in August 1984 by Editions EG and produced by Eno and Daniel Lanois in Hamilton, Ontario. The Pearl is similar to Budd and Eno's previous collaboration, Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980), consisting mostly of subtly treated piano textures, but with more pronounced electronic treatments and nature recordings.
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Character-led, grave, contemplative and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1Late October4:44
- 2A Stream With Bright Fish3:57
- 3The Silver Ball3:31
- 4Against the Sky4:52
- 5Lost in the Humming Air4:22
- 6Dark Eyed Sister4:42
- 7Their Memories2:58
- 8The Pearl3:14
- 9Foreshadowed3:52
- 10An Echo of Night2:28
- 11Still Return4:12
11 tracks, 43 minutes.
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- Artist
- Harold Budd, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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- XW
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