Learning to Be Silent is the third album by composer C. W. Vrtacek, released in 1986 through Cordelia Records. Despite never being individually issued on CD, the album can be found in its entirety on the 1996 anthology Silent Heaven.[2]
| Learning to Be Silent | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | August 1985 – January 1986 at Vrtacek's household | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 36:48 | |||
| Label | Cordelia | |||
| Producer | C. W. Vrtacek | |||
| C. W. Vrtacek chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
Track listing
editAll music is composed by C.W. Vrtacek
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poison" | 1:20 |
| 2. | "War" | 1:05 |
| 3. | "Tumbling" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Inside" | 1:11 |
| 5. | "Revenge" | 2:13 |
| 6. | "Song for Marcel" | 1:59 |
| 7. | "Rain" | 2:07 |
| 8. | "Emily, Are You Happy?" | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Breathing" | 1:01 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Silence" | 0:24 |
| 2. | "When" | 1:42 |
| 3. | "Thinking" | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Fly/Wave" | 6:01 |
| 5. | "Picture in an Empty Frame" | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Crooked Heart" | 1:33 |
Personnel
edit- Myles Davis – mixing
- Kim Gellatly – xylophone on "Emily, Are You Happy?"
- Michael Gellatly – illustrations
- Marc Sichel – bass guitar on "Crooked Heart"
- C.W. Vrtacek – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, xylophone, ukulele, production, mixing, recording
- James Woodruff – narration on "Fly/Wave"
References
edit- ^ Couture, François. "Learning to be Silent". Allmusic. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "C.W.VRTACEK". cuneiformrecords.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.