ambient, electronic 54 min 18 tracks Warner Bros. Records
By the Dawn's Early Light is an album by composer Harold Budd. It was first released in 1991 by the Warner Bros. and WEA record labels, and subsequently re-released with new cover art in 2006 by All Saints Records. The album is typical of Budd's signature minimalist style, and features several short poems, each read by Budd himself.
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Character-led, grave, intimate and contemplative.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1Poem: Aztec Hotel1:34
- 2Boy About 104:60
- 3Arcadia2:01
- 4Dead Horse Alive With Flies3:41
- 5The Photo of Santiago McKinn6:56
- 6The Corpse at the Shooting Gallery2:57
- 7Albion Farewell (Homage to Delius, for Gavin Bryars)2:39
- 8Poem: Distant Lights of Olancha Recede1:28
- 9Down the Slopes to the Meadow (For Ruben Garcia)7:39
- 10She Dances by the Light of the Silvery Moon2:13
- 11Blind Bird2:04
- 12Saint's Name Spoken3:59
- 13The Place of Dead Roads4:50
- 14A Child in a Sylvan Field3:37
- 15Poem: Boy About 101:19
- 16Poem: Wings0:37
- 17Poem: No Name0:55
- 18Poem: Advent0:49
18 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Harold Budd
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1991
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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