Birds of Passage (album)

Birds of Passage is the second album by the Norwegian band Bel Canto.

This article is about the album. For the New Zealand band, see Birds of Passage (band).

Birds of Passage
Studio album by Bel Canto
Released	1989 March 6, 1990 (second pressing)
Genre	Dream pop, synthpop, new-age
Label	Crammed Discs CRAM 065 IRS/MCA Records (first pressing) IRSD-82031 IRS/EMI Records (second pressing) 0220 7 13031 2 5 X2-13031 Nettwerk Productions
Bel Canto chronology
White-Out Conditions (1987) Birds of Passage (1989) Shimmering, Warm and Bright (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Intravenous" (Drecker, Drecker, Jenssen) – 3:18
2. "Birds of Passage" (Jenssen, Johansen, Johansen) – 5:26
3. "The Glassmaker" (Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:27
4. "A Shoulder to the Wheel" (Drecker, Drecker, Johansen) – 4:16
5. "Time Without End" (Johansen, Johansen) – 5:01
6. "Oyster" (Drecker, Drecker) – 3:04
7. "Continuum" (Del Valle, Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:34
8. "Dewy Fields" (Drecker, Jenssen, Johansen) – 4:01
9. "The Suffering" (Drecker, Drecker, Jenssen ) – 4:05
10. "Picnic on the Moon" (Drecker, Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:39
11. "Look 3" (Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:32

Personnel

• Bel Canto – Producer
• Stefan de Batselier – Photography
• Michel Delory – Guitar, drums
• Anneli Marian Drecker – Piano, keyboards, vocals
• Jeannot Gillis – Violin, viola, string arrangements
• Marc Hollander – Clarinet, percussion, keyboards, producer
• Geir Jenssen – Piano, keyboards, programming, photography, Roland TR-808
• Nils Johansen – Bass, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin, programming, vocals, script
• Giles Martin – Producer, engineer
• Claudine Steenackers – Cello
• Luc van Lieshout – Trumpet, flugelhorn

References

1. Raggett, Ned. Birds of Passage at AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2011.