Opium (Ottmar Liebert album)

Opium is a studio double album by German-born guitarist Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra. The album's first disc is called "Wide-Eyed" and features an upbeat, nuevo flamenco sound,^[1] reflective of Liebert's previous work.^[2] The second disc is called "Dreaming" which features a mellower, ethereal sound.^[3] Opium was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best New Age Album.^[4] The album was inspired by a postcard that Liebert received from his paternal grandfather, who had worked on the South Manchuria Railway.^[5] Opium was produced by Ottmar Liebert, along with his brother, Stefan Liebert.

Opium
Studio album by Ottmar Liebert
Released	March 12, 1996 (1996-03-12)
Studio	Spiral Subwave in Santa Fe, NM
Genre	New-age
Length	2:05:36
Label	Epic Records
Producer	Ottmar Liebert, Stefan Liebert
Ottmar Liebert chronology
¡Viva! (1995) Opium (1996) Leaning Into the Night (1997)

Track listing

Disc 1: Wide-Eyed

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nuevo México"	4:32
2.	"Alegria Árabe" (version 1.1)	4:15
3.	"Turkish Night"	4:28
4.	"Ocean Blvd./Miami"	4:06
5.	"Santa Fe 2 Chama"	4:44
6.	"Trémulo (De Mi Corazón)"	5:01
7.	"Bed of Nails (Wide-Eyed Trance)"	4:51
8.	"Montana Walking"	4:32
9.	"Tangos de Tesuque"	5:00
10.	"Snakeoilsurfer"	4:33
11.	"Serenity on Ultracloud" (tribal mix)	4:09
12.	"Butterfly + Juniper" (4 Kelly)	4:53
13.	"Vudu (Technicolor Eyes Burn Thru)"	3:49
14.	"Bulería de Rojo" (4 MC)	3:37
Total length:		62:30

Disc 2: Dreaming

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Serenity on Ultracloud" (mellow mix)	4:09
2.	"Yasmeen"	5:06
3.	"Ayer - El Último Dia de Palabra"	1:09
4.	"Old Man On the Citadel"	4:17
5.	"Anyong / Grandfather Smiling" (walkie-talkie mix)	2:57
6.	"Te Siento"	3:34
7.	"Freedom" (4 Lobsang Samten)	1:40
8.	"Buleria de las Golondrinas"	4:43
9.	"La Acequia Madre"	2:24
10.	"Chama 2 Santa Fe"	4:55
11.	"Chi-Wahwah Beauty"	4:43
12.	"Drop of Water On a Dry Stone"	2:04
13.	"Slow Burn / Pain + Pleasure"	4:35
14.	"Bluedreamdrops"	2:03
15.	"Ripple / Wind Over Water" (4 Darryl Reanney)	3:48
16.	"The Blink Of an I Contains Eternity" (4 Mother)	4:58
17.	"Anyong / Grandfather Singing" (Gibson mix / 4 Bok Yun)	3:07
18.	"Opium"	2:54
Total length:		63:06

Personnel

Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra Ottmar Liebert – Flamenco Guitar, Fretless Lute, electric guitar, Synthesizer Jon Gagan – Electric Bass Guitars, Synthesizer Stefan Liebert – Drum Programming, Samples Mark Clark – Percussion Eric Schermerhorn – Electric guitar Woody Thompson – Percussion Carl Coletti – Drum Kit

Additional personnel Magali Amadei – voices Ashkan Sahihi – voices Bok Yun Chon – voices Lobsang Samten – voices Olga Kammerer – voices Charles Rook – engineering Gary Lyons – engineering, mixing Doug Sax – mastering Gavin Lurssen – mastering[6]

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. All music written by Ottmar Liebert + published by Sony ATV Songs/Luna Negra Music/BMI.

2. Mastering: Analog – at The Mastering Lab in Los Angeles, CA^[8]