Daniel Lanois; Rocco Deluca / Goodbye To Language
Artist Daniel Lanois; Rocco Deluca
Album Title: Goodbye To Language
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Ambient/Dream Pop
Format CD
Released 09/09/2016
Label Red Floor
Catalog No 87471-2
Bar Code No 0 45778 74712 2
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
1. Low Sudden (2:39)
2. Time On (5:07)
3. Falling Stanley (2:22)
4. Deconstruction (3:50)
5. Satie (4:10)
6. Three Hills (2:52)
7. Heavy Sun (2:36)
8. The Cave (1:36)
9. East Side (1:54)
10. Later That Night (4:53)
11. Suspended (1:27)
12. Blue Diamond (3:21)
Date Acquired 09/17/2016
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Duluth
Purchase Price 11.99

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Notes

Artwork, Photography By – Marthe Amanda Vannebo
Composed By – Daniel Lanois, Rocco Deluca (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B7)
Coordinator [Project Coordination] – Seth Loeser
Edited By, Mastered By – Adam Samuels
Liner Notes – Daniel Lanois
Management [Licensing And Guidance] – Margaret Marissen
Photography By [Cover Photo By] – Daniel Lanois
Producer – Daniel Lanois, Ryan Worrall
Recorded By, Arranged By – Dangerous Wayne Lorenz

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Red Floor Records
Copyright (c) – Red Floor Records
Licensed To – Anti-
Published By – Daniel Lanois Songs
Published By – Penny Farthing Music
Published By – Aunt Dolly Music

Daniel Lanois Songs (ASCAP) administered by Penny Farthing Music (ASCAP) c/o The Bicycle Music Company
Rocco Deluca - Aunt Dolly Music (BMI)

Thank You:
Margaret Marissen, Keisha Kalfin, David Gray, Eddie, Adam Vollick, Marc Pizer, Jordan Bromley, Mike Merriman, Lindsey Vaerst, Pavel Maslowiec, Ian Galloway, Kyle Crane, Sam Barsh, Odessa Jorgensen, Brian Patti, Andy Kaulkin, Trevor Hernandez and ANTI Records.

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7       -2.73 dB   -13.60 dB      2:39 01-Low Sudden
DR11      -0.10 dB   -14.18 dB      5:07 02-Time On
DR9       -3.74 dB   -16.40 dB      2:22 03-Falling Stanley
DR9       -0.10 dB   -11.96 dB      3:50 04-Deconstruction
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.70 dB      4:10 05-Satie
DR11      -0.10 dB   -14.78 dB      2:52 06-Three Hills
DR9       -3.38 dB   -13.88 dB      2:35 07-Heavy Sun
DR8       -4.19 dB   -15.34 dB      1:36 08-The Cave
DR9       -2.38 dB   -15.88 dB      1:54 09-East Side
DR10      -0.10 dB   -14.25 dB      4:53 10-Later That Night
DR8       -2.45 dB   -13.66 dB      1:27 11-Suspended
DR9       -1.26 dB   -14.25 dB      3:21 12-Blue Diamond
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR9

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           534 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Paul Simpson:

On 2016's Goodbye to Language, veteran producer Daniel Lanois and frequent collaborator Rocco DeLuca team up for an album of shifting experimental soundscapes created with lapsteel guitars. The album is far closer to Lanois' pioneering ambient works with Brian Eno, Harold Budd, and Michael Brook from the 1980s than his subsequent, more rootsy singer/songwriter albums. As the album's title suggests, there are no lyrics here, and the feelings evoked by this music can't accurately be expressed by words anyway. As simple as the idea of an ambient steel guitar album sounds, there's a lot going on here, and it never feels like mere background music. The guitar playing itself tends to be gentle, but it's filtered through a wide array of effects and subtle manipulations, resulting in a surreal hallucination of Americana. The album brings to mind any number of recordings featuring B.J. Cole, as well as Evil Graham Lee's steel guitar playing on the KLF's Chill Out, and while it evokes a spiritual journey similar to that iconic album, it feels far more fragmented and abstract. There are numerous moments where the guitars rapidly cut out, cluster, or change timbre as if they've been edited musique concrète-style. It's very disjointed, and there's no way to mistake the sudden, jarring shifts, but somehow it still manages to flow smoothly, even (for the most part) peacefully. Only one piece on this album ("Deconstruction") was recorded by Lanois solo, and it's easily the darkest, eeriest cut, with strange rifts bubbling under the desolate melodies and waves of abrasive distortion rivaling Fennesz or Tim Hecker. Goodbye to Language is a powerful, intoxicating album and one of Lanois' best works in at least a decade.
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