Key (Meredith Monk album)

Key is the debut album of Meredith Monk, released in 1971 through Increase Records. In 2017, Tompkins Square re-released Key for Record Store Day.

Key
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	1971
Recorded	July 1970 (1970-07)–January 1971 (1971-01) at Gary Weis's loft, Santa Monica and Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Modern classical, minimalism
Length	36:42
Label	Increase (original release) Lovely Music, Ltd. (reissue)
Producer	Collin Walcott
Meredith Monk chronology
Key (1971) Our Lady of Late (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	8.7/10[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Meredith Monk.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Porch"	2:14
2.	"Under Street"	4:18
3.	"What Does It Mean?"	3:56
4.	"Vision"	1:16
5.	"Fat Stream"	7:25

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vision"	2:02
2.	"Do You Be?"	4:11
3.	"Vision"	0:35
4.	"Change"	3:44
5.	"Dungeon"	6:51

Personnel

Musicians

• Lanny Harrison – vocals
• Dick Higgins – vocals
• Meredith Monk – vocals, Jew's harp, electronic organ
• Mark Monstermaker – vocals
• Daniel Ira Sverdlik – vocals
• Collin Walcott – Mr̥daṅgaṃ, vocals, production

Production

• Tom Clack – engineering
• Paul Gruwell – art direction
• John Horton – engineering, mixing
• Peter Moore – photography
• Daniel Nagrin – engineering
• Peter Pilafian – engineering