IMAGINARY DAY


'''Imaginary Day''' is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records. It also won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, while "The Roots of Coincidence" won Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
The album leans heavily toward world fusion, drawing upon a variety of global influences. Indonesian styles are particularly pronounced, with Balinese gamelan music appearing in "Imaginary Day" and "Into the Dream". "The Heat of the Day" demonstrates repetitive whiffs of Iranian folk music. It also showcases the Group's first (and thus far, only) foray into industrial rock, with "The Roots of Coincidence". In "The Awakening", the album concludes with strongly Gaelic melodies.
The liner notes use an image substitution cipher throughout. The CD and CD tray can be lined up to one of three different keys (red, yellow or blue) to translate the majority of the liner notes, which include quotations from authors as well as a short essay by Metheny and Rodby. For example, lining up the arrow on the CD to the red square on the CD tray will decode the front cover as "PAT METHENY GROUP IMAGINARY DAY".

Contents
Track listing
Personnel
See also

Track listing


# "Imaginary Day" (Metheny/Mays) – 10:11
# "Follow Me" (Metheny/Mays) – 5:56
# "Into The Dream" (Metheny) – 2:27
# "A Story Within The Story" (Metheny/Mays) – 8:01
# "The Heat of The Day" (Metheny/Mays) – 9:44
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★ ''Contains a hidden segue into "Across The Sky".
# "Across The Sky" (Mays/Metheny) – 5:13
#
★ ''Contains a hidden intro to "The Roots of Coincidence".
# "The Roots of Coincidence" (Metheny/Mays) – 7:48
# "Too Soon Tomorrow" (Metheny) – 5:45
# "The Awakening" (Metheny/Mays) – 9:28

Personnel



Pat Metheny - Guitars, Guitar synth, Pikasso guitar

Lyle Mays - Piano, Keyboards

Steve Rodby - Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass

Paul Wertico - Drums

David Blamires - Vocals, Guitar, Trumpet, Violin, Mellophone, Recorder

Mark Ledford - Vocals, Flugelhorn, Trumpet

David Samuels - Percussion

Glen Velez - Percussion

Don Alias - Percussion

Mino Cinelu - Percussion

See also



Pikasso guitar

Translated liner notes, from web.archive.org

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