Watercolors (Pat Metheny album)

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Watercolors
Pat Metheny - Watercolours.jpg
Studio album by
Pat Metheny
ReleasedJune 1977
RecordedFebruary 1977
StudioTalent Studios, Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz, jazz fusion
Length41:48
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology
Bright Size Life
(1976) 		Watercolors
(1977) 		Pat Metheny Group
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[2]
Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz3/5 stars[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[4]

Watercolors is Pat Metheny's second album, released in 1977.

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awards the album 4 stars and states: "Metheny's softly focused, asymmetrical guitar style, with echoes of apparent influences as disparate as Jim Hall, George Benson, Jerry Garcia, and various country guitarists, is quite distinctive even at this early juncture. Metheny's long-running partnership with keyboardist Lyle Mays also begins here, with Mays mostly on acoustic piano but also providing a few mild synthesizer washes."[1]

Track listing[]

All music is composed by Pat Metheny.

Side one:
No.TitleLength
1."Watercolors"6:28
2."Icefire"6:07
3."Oasis"4:02
4."Lakes"4:43
Side two:
No.TitleLength
1."River Quay"4:56
2."Suite: I. Florida Greeting Song"2:30
3."Suite: II. Legend of the Fountain"2:28
4."Sea Song"10:18

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Album – Billboard

Year Chart Position
1977 Billboard Jazz Albums 28

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Ginell, Richard S. Allmusic Review: Watercolors accessed 09 May 2011
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 138. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Larkin, C., ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. UK: Virgin Books. p. 589. ISBN 1-85227-754-8.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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