Drawn from Life

2001 studio album by Brian Eno and J. Peter Schwalm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Drawn from Life is a 2001 music album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno and the German composer J. Peter Schwalm.

Released15 May 2001
Recorded2001
GenreAmbient, experimental, downtempo
Length68:12
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Drawn from Life
Studio album by
Brian Eno and J. Peter Schwalm
Released15 May 2001
Recorded2001
GenreAmbient, experimental, downtempo
Length68:12
LabelOpal
Brian Eno chronology
Music for Onmyo-Ji
(2000)		 Drawn from Life
(2001)		 January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now
(2003)
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Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
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AllMusicStarStarStar[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
The GuardianStarStarStar[4]
Pitchfork5.4/10[5]
QStarStarStar[6]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStarHalf star[7]
UncutStarStarStar[8]
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"Drawn from Life" is also the name of a series of short animated films by Paul Fierlinger

Track listing (original UK vinyl pressing)

All tracks composed by Eno and Schwalm, except where stated.[9]

  1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
  2. "Persis" – 7:41
  3. "More Dust" – 6:01
  4. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
  5. "Two Voices" – 3:59
  6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
  7. "Intenser" – 5:23
  8. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20 (Eno, Schwalm & Holger Czukay)
  9. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48 (Eno, Schwalm & Laurie Anderson)
  10. "Bloom" – 7:10

Track listing (subsequent releases)

  1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
  2. "Persis" – 7:41
  3. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20
  4. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48
  5. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
  6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
  7. "Intenser" – 5:23
  8. "More Dust" – 6:01
  9. "Bloom" – 7:10
  10. "Two Voices" – 3:59
  11. "Bloom" (Instrumental Version) – 7:07

Personnel

  • Brian Eno, composing, performing, cover art
  • J. Peter Schwalm, composing, performing, mixing, premastering

With:

  • Leo Abrahams, guitar on "Rising Dust", "Intenser"
  • Laurie Anderson, voice on "Like Pictures Part #2"
  • Nell Catchpole, strings on "Persis", "Like Pictures Part #2", "Rising Dust", "Intenser", "Bloom"
  • Holger Czukay, IBM Dictaphone on "Like Pictures Part #1"
  • Darla Eno and Irial Eno, voices on "Bloom"
  • Heiko Himmighoffen, percussion on "Night Traffic", "Rising Dust", "Intenser"
  • Lynn Gerlach, voice on "Rising Dust"
  • Michy Nakao, voice on "Like Pictures Part #1"

References

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