Birds of Passage (album)

1989 studio album by Bel Canto

Birds of Passage

Studio album by

Bel Canto

Released| 1989
March 6, 1990  (second pressing)
Genre| Dream pop, synth-pop, new age
Label| Crammed Discs
CRAM 065

I.R.S./MCA (first pressing)
IRSD-82031

I.R.S./EMI (second pressing)
0220 7 13031 2 5
X2-13031

Nettwerk
Bel Canto chronology
| White-Out Conditions
(1987)  | Birds of Passage
(1989)  | Shimmering, Warm and Bright
(1992)

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AllMusic|  [1]

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

## Track listing

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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

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* 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

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

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