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Tales (album)

1995 studio album by Marcus Miller From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tales (album)
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Tales is a studio album by American jazz musician Marcus Miller, released in 1995 on PRA/Dreyfus Records.[4][5] He supported it with a North American tour.[6]

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The album peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 12 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[7] Tales was also Grammy nominated, in the category of "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance".[8]

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Production

The album was produced by Miller.[9] It samples the voices of several Black American musicians.[10] "Eric" is dedicated to the guitarist Eric Gale.[11] Miller wrote or cowrote nine of the album's songs; the title track was written with Allen Toussaint.[12][13]

Critical reception

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The Independent wrote that the album "lashes its constituent parts together with stupendous playing and rigorous adherence to the principle that music is about spinning yarns, not showing off."[4] Adam Sweeting of The Guardian determined that most of Miller's music "occupies a safe centre ground of funk basslines, loose-limbed drumming from Poogie Bell, and layers of beatific keyboard harmonies."[15]

Joe Rassenfoss of The Rocky Mountain News opined that Meshell Ndegeocello "spellbinds with 'Rush Over', a ballad wrought from spoken word and singing."[11] Marty Hughley of The Oregonian praised Miller's "knack for welding groove to harmonic structure and balancing upscale polish with urban grit."[16] Steve Miller of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution deemed Miller "a fusionaire whose slickness is cued to the marketplace, but he also knows how to round up a band."[17]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic, in a 3/5 star review wrote, "Marcus Miller's electric bass is a major force throughout the music...A few songs (especially later in the program) ramble on a bit and one wishes that Marcus Miller would drop the funk now and then for variety's sake, but in general his set holds one's interest."[14]

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Marcus Miller except where noted.

  1. "The Blues" – 5:45
  2. "Tales (Intro)" (Miller, Allen Toussaint) – 0:30
  3. "Tales" (Miller, Allen Toussaint) – 5:46
  4. "Eric" – 6:16
  5. "True Geminis" – 5:35
  6. "Rush Over" – 5:00
  7. "Running Through My Dreams (Interlude)" – 1:27
  8. "Ethiopia" – 5:15
  9. "Strange Fruit (Intro)" (Abel Meeropol) – 1:20
  10. "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) – 2:14
  11. "Visions" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:36
  12. "Tales (Reprise)" – 2:34
  13. "Forevermore (Intro)" – 0:31
  14. "Forevermore" – 4:58
  15. "Infatuation" – 5:08
  16. "Come Together" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 5:30

European, Japanese and other US Releases

  1. "The Blues" - 5:45
  2. "Tales" - 5:46
  3. "Eric" - 6:16
  4. "True Geminis" - 5:35
  5. "Rush Over" - 5:18
  6. "Running Through My Dreams (Interlude)" - 1:27
  7. "Ethiopia" - 5:15
  8. "Strange Fruit" - 3:19
  9. "Visions" - 4:48
  10. "Brazilian Rhyme" (Maurice White) - 5:01
  11. "Forevermore" - 5:07
  12. "Infatuation" - 5:08
  13. "Tales (Reprise)" - 2:34
  14. "Come Together" - 5:30

Personnel

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Musicians on "Brazilian Rhyme"

  • Marcus Miller – keyboards, bass guitar, sound programming
  • Bernard Wright – synthesizers, synth bass
  • David Ward – sound programming
  • Poogie Bell – drums
  • Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
  • Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet
  • Lalah Hathaway – vocals

Production

  • Marcus Miller – producer, additional recording
  • David Ward II – co-producer, recording
  • Goh Hotoda – mixing (1, 3, 6, 10, 12, 15, 16), additional recording, mixing on "Brazilian Rhyme"
  • Ray Bardani – mixing (4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14), additional recording
  • Roland Alvarez – additional recording
  • Bruce Miller – additional recording
  • Jonathan Miller – additional recording
  • Eric Flickinger – assistant engineer
  • Jim Labinski – assistant engineer
  • Jay Militscher – assistant engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • Bibi Green – production coordinator
  • Norman Moore – art designer
  • William Claxton – front cover photography, insert photography
  • Hideo Oida – back cover photography, additional photography
  • Patrick Rains & Associates – management
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