The Pearl (album)  

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The Pearl is an album by ambient musicians Harold Budd and Brian Eno, which was released in 1984. This album is similar to Budd and Eno's previous collaboration Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror, consisting mostly of subtly treated piano textures, but this time with more pronounced electronic treatments and nature recordings. This album was produced with Daniel Lanois, who is also credited on the front cover.

The track "Against the Sky" was sampled in "Cedars of Lebanon" from U2's album No Line on the Horizon.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Eno and Harold Budd

1. "Late October" – 4:38
2. "A Stream with Bright Fish" – 3:54
3. "The Silver Ball" – 3:26
4. "Against the Sky" – 4:46
5. "Lost in the Humming Air" – 4:21
6. "Dark-Eyed Sister" – 4:36
7. "Their Memories" – 2:54
8. "The Pearl" – 3:07
9. "Foreshadowed" – 3:54
10. "An Echo of Night" – 2:22
11. "Still Return" – 4:11

Personnel

• Brian Eno
• Harold Budd

Technical

• Russell Mills – cover art, design
• Christina Birrer – photography

See also

• Harold Budd
  • Harold Budd discography
• Brian Eno
  • Brian Eno discography
• Daniel Lanois
• Ambient music
• Electronic music