The Garden (Michael Nesmith album)
1994 soundtrack album by Michael Nesmith / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Garden is Michael Nesmith's 11th full studio album and was released in September 1994. The Garden is a companion release to Nesmith's 1974 album/book, The Prison. Both The Garden and The Prison are written to have the music complement a novel included in the release (also written by Nesmith). The Prison and The Garden were re-released together on CD in 2004 by Video Ranch.
The Garden | ||||
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Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | Oct 1991-Sep 1993 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 55:48 | |||
Label | Rio | |||
Producer | Michael Nesmith and John Hobbs | |||
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The idea is for listeners to read the novel while simultaneously listening to the recording. Even though The Garden was released on Nesmith's record company, Rio Records, the novella/album concept was the driving force behind Nesmith's multimedia company Pacific Arts.
In the liner notes, Nesmith states The Garden is not a sequel in the strictest sense of the term — meaning that there isn't a true continuation of the narrative which began in The Prison. Instead, they are correlated thematically and stylistically as both are presented in a linear and consecutive approach. Each of The Garden's seven chapters are also visually enhanced, if not somewhat inspired by a series of Claude Monet paintings. There is a much more subtle connection between the prose and these unqualified masterworks, yet he is able to relate them in a contextual sense.[1]
The album was Grammy nominated for the best new age album in 1994.