We Live Here is the seventh studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 1996. Official DVD recorded in Gotanda U-Port Hall, Tokyo, Japan in October 1995.
We Live Here | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Studio | The Hit Factory, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
Length | 67:09 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Producer | Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby | |||
Pat Metheny chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Here to Stay" | 7:39 | |
2. | "And Then I Knew" | 7:53 | |
3. | "The Girls Next Door" | 5:30 | |
4. | "To the End of the World" | 12:15 | |
5. | "We Live Here" | 4:12 | |
6. | "Episode d'Azur" | Mays | 8:45 |
7. | "Something to Remind You" | 7:04 | |
8. | "Red Sky" | 7:36 | |
9. | "Stranger in Town" | 6:11 |
Personnel
edit- Pat Metheny – guitars, guitar synthesizer
- Lyle Mays – piano, keyboards
- Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass
- Paul Wertico – drums
- David Blamires – vocals
- Mark Ledford – vocals, trumpet, Flugelhorn, Whistling
- Luis Conte – percussion
Additional musicians
- Sammy Merendino – drum programming
- Dave Samuels – cymbal rolls
Technical personnel
edit- Pat Metheny – producer
- Steve Rodby, Lyle Mays – producers
- David Sholemson – project coordinator
- Rob Eaton – recording, mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA
- Kevin Reagan – artwork
- Dennis Keeley – photography
Awards
editYear | Category |
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1996 | Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album |
References
edit- ^ Yanow, Scott. "We Live Here". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 994. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.