Imaginary Day
1997 studio album by Pat Metheny Group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Imaginary Day is the ninth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was strongly inspired by world music from Iran and Indonesia, and won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. The song "The Roots of Coincidence" won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance; critic Richard Ginnell of AllMusic described the song as a dramatic departure for the group: "[an] out-and-out rock piece with thrash metal and techno-pop episodes joined by abrupt jump cuts."
Imaginary Day | ||||
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Released | October 7, 1997 (1997-10-07) | |||
Recorded | Spring 1997 | |||
Studio | Right Track, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 63:49 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The album cover design by Stefan Sagmeister uses a simple pictographic substitution cipher for the name of the group and the title of the album.