Hybrid (Michael Brook album)

Hybrid is the debut album by Canadian guitarist Michael Brook in collaboration with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.^[3][4] It was released in 1985 on Editions EG.

Hybrid
Studio album by Michael Brook with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
Released	26 July 1985
Studio	Bob and Daniel Lanois Studio, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Ambient, IDM
Length	41:56
Label	Editions EG EGED 41[1]
Producer	Michael Brook, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Michael Brook chronology
Hybrid (1985) Sleeps with the Fishes (1987)
Brian Eno chronology
Thursday Afternoon (1985) Hybrid (1985) Music for Films III (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

A specialist in timbre and texture, Brook pioneered the infinite guitar—a guitar outfitted with a feedback transducer to produce non-decaying sustain of any note—which makes its first notable appearance on this album.^[5]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that the album "includes hints of Middle Eastern singing and African drumming, subsumed into sustained sounds from Mr. Brook's guitar and Brian Eno's keyboard, all in a misty, faraway sound mix."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Michael Brook.

1. "Hybrid" – 6:18
2. "Distant Village" – 4:03
3. "Mimosa" – 6:20
4. "Pond Life" – 3:40
5. "Ocean Motion" – 5:50
6. "Midday" – 5:59
7. "Earth Floor" – 4:45
8. "Vacant" – 5:00