℗ 1988 ECM Records GmbH
| Released | March 7, 1988 |
| Duration | 38m 08s |
| Record Label | Deutsche Grammophon ECM |
| Genre | Jazz |
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1.1
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Ur
Steve Tibbetts |
4:43 | |||
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1.2
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Sphexes
Steve Tibbetts |
3:49 | |||
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1.3
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Ten Years
Steve Tibbetts |
7:45 | |||
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1.4
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One Day
Steve Tibbetts |
2:22 | |||
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1.5
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Three Primates
Steve Tibbetts |
5:07 | |||
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1.6
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You And It
Steve Tibbetts |
7:20 | |||
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1.7
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The Alien Lounge
Steve Tibbetts |
3:42 | |||
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1.8
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Ten Yr Dance
Steve Tibbetts |
3:20 |
The all-instrumental Yr is Tibbetts’ second homemade album and like the first, it is a guitar freak’s dream. Tibbetts overdubs acoustic and electric instruments in a Hendrixian mindscape of production wizardry, often combining up to 20 guitars on one track. He layers the sound into breathtaking guitar choirs and intricate superstructures. His solos are twisting, singing journeys that evolve with the sense of spiritual awakening you’d hear in a Coltrane soprano run. After building to an exuberant climax that nears the breaking point, he supplants it with a plaintive acoustic guitar passage that initiates the next trip.
Though Yr consists of eight pieces, they all flow together as one extended composition in which a percussion ensemble provides continuity, color, and propulsion. The two tabla players maintain the questing forward motion that marks Indian music, while Marc Anderson plays a variety of instruments that give shape and ambiance to the heady atmosphere of Tibbetts’ compositions. The effect is one of being carried down a fog-covered tropical river that unveils a new sight at every turn.
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Deutsche Grammophon ECM Studio Masters
This album contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source.
This album contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source.
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.89 -5.09 to -0.56 | -20.95 -23.09 to -18.06 | -18.21 -21.20 to -15.20 | 12 10 to 13 | |
| 1 | Ur | -0.60 | -18.06 | -15.2 | 10 |
| 2 | Sphexes | -0.98 | -21.21 | -18.6 | 13 |
| 3 | Ten Years | -0.56 | -19.17 | -16.9 | 12 |
| 4 | One Day | -5.09 | -23.09 | -21.2 | 11 |
| 5 | Three Primates | -1.09 | -21.08 | -18.3 | 12 |
| 6 | You And It | -0.62 | -21.21 | -17.6 | 12 |
| 7 | The Alien Lounge | -2.57 | -21.34 | -18.5 | 13 |
| 8 | Ten Yr Dance | -3.61 | -22.45 | -19.4 | 12 |