Aerial Boundaries
Aerial Boundaries is the second album by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label in 1984. It was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Engineered Recording.
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | Various locations | |||
| Genre | New-age, world | |||
| Length | 37:36 | |||
| Label | Windham Hill | |||
| Producer | Will Ackerman, Michael Hedges, Steven Miller | |||
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Reception
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Music critic Daniel Gioffre, writing for Allmusic, wrote of the album "There are moments on Aerial Boundaries where it seems literally impossible that so much music is coming from one man and his guitar... The songs on Aerial Boundaries are all beautiful and haunting in their own right; and it is this emphasis on composition over technique that makes this such an important recording... Aerial Boundaries is simply one of the finest acoustic guitar albums ever made, and deserves a place in the library of all serious music fans."[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Michael Hedges except "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Aerial Boundaries" | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Bensusan" | 2:30 |
| 3. | "Rickover's Dream" | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Ragamuffin" | 3:15 |
| 5. | "After the Gold Rush" (Neil Young) | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Hot Type" | 1:31 |
| 7. | "Spare Change" | 5:45 |
| 8. | "Ménage à Trois" | 7:10 |
| 9. | "The Magic Farmer" | 3:50 |
- Tracks 1-4 & 6 recorded in the Living Room at the Windham Hill Inn, West Townshend, VT.
- Track 5 recorded at Sheffield Studio, Baltimore, MD.
- Track 7 realized at the Peabody Electronic Music Studio, Baltimore, MD.
- Track 8 recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA.
- Track 9 recorded at Different Fur Studio, San Francisco, CA.
Personnel
- Michael Hedges – acoustic guitar
- Michael Manring – fretless bass
- Mindy Rosenfeld – flute
Production notes
- Produced by Will Ackerman, Michael Hedges, Steven Miller
- Engineered by Steven Miller, Oliver Di Cicco, Bill Mueller, Michael Hedges