Odyssey (Terje Rypdal album)

Odyssey is the fifth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Odyssey
Studio album by
Terje Rypdal
Released1975
RecordedAugust 1975
GenreJazz
Length87:13
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Terje Rypdal chronology
Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away
(1974)		 Odyssey
(1975)		 After the Rain
(1976)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "A magnificant [sic] effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz with long, brooding electric ruminations".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Terje Rypdal
  1. "Darkness Falls" - 3:33
  2. "Midnite" - 16:45
  3. "Adagio" - 13:16
  4. "Better Off Without You" - 7:37
  5. "Over Birkerot" - 4:48
  6. "Fare Well" - 11:25
  7. "Ballade" - 5:55
  8. "Rolling Stone" - 23:54
  • Recorded at the Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway in August 1975

The album's first appearance on CD was in a single-disc version released in 1994 with "Rolling Stone" omitted. In 2012 ECM released a three-disc box set with the complete original track listing, plus Unfinished Highballs, a previously unreleased live recording from 1976.

Unfinished Highballs track listing:
  1. "Unfinished Highballs" - 3:52
  2. "The Golden Eye" - 14:04
  3. "Scarlet Mistress" - 12:25
  4. "Dawn" - 12:29
  5. "Dine and Dance to the Music of the Waves" - 11:40
  6. "Talking Back" - 7:10
  7. "Bright Lights Big City" - 6:15

Personnel

References
  1. ECM discography Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 6, 2011
  2. Dawson, M. P. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 174. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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