Eye to Ear

Studio album by Fred Frith

Released

1997

Recorded

1992, 1995, Germany
1994, 1995, United States

Genre

Experimental rock

Length

55:42

Label

Tzadik (US)

Producer

Fred Frith

Fred Frith chronology

Allies
(1996)

Eye to Ear
(1997)

The Previous Evening
(1997)

Eye to Ear series chronology

Eye to Ear
(1997)

Eye to Ear II
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Eye to Ear is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is a collection of film and theatre music composed and performed by Frith, and was recorded in Germany and the United States between 1992 and 1995. Eye to Ear was Frith's first solo album to be released on John Zorn's Tzadik label.

Two more collections of film and theatre music by Frith in this series, Eye to Ear II and Eye to Ear III were released by Tzadik Records in 2004 and 2010 respectively.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fred Frith.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Le Rencontre (Title Theme)"	4:11
2.	"Backroom"	3:22
3.	"Thea und Nat" "Welcome Home" "Suspicion Theme (for Bernard Herrmann)" "Thea's Theme" "Suspicion Theme II" "Not Drowning But Waving"	12:22
4.	"Backroom II"	5:30
5.	"Picture of Light"	9:47
6.	"Ostkreuz" "Frozen Landscape" "Dragging Half a Pig" "Driving to Grandma's" "In the Abandoned Building"	6:00
7.	"Before Sunrise – In the Train"	2:47
8.	"Backroom III"	8:07
9.	"Le Rencontre (Reprise)"	3:36

Personnel

Fred Frith – all instruments (except those listed below), tape manipulations
Michaela Dietl – accordion (3,6)
Tilmann Müller – trumpet (3,6)
Christian Kaya – clarinet (3)
Boris Denker – tenor saxophone (1,9)
Willy Webster – organ (2,4,7)

Sound

Tracks 1, 3, 6 and 9 recorded by Beno Gordon at Sound Fabrik, Munich, Germany, 1992
Tracks 2, 4, 5 and 7 recorded by Olivier Dicicco at Mobius Studio, San Francisco, United States, 1994–1995
Track 8 recorded by Peter Hardt at Jankowski Studio, Stuttgart, Germany, 1995

References

↑ Layne, Joslyn. "Eye to Ear". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.

External links

Discogs. Eye to Ear.
Fred Frith discography

Fred Frith

Henry Cow Art Bears Massacre Skeleton Crew Keep the Dog Duck and Cover French Frith Kaiser Thompson Death Ambient Fred Frith Guitar Quartet Maybe Monday Cosa Brava Aksak Maboul Material Naked City

Discography	Guitar Solos Gravity Speechless Live in Japan Cheap at Half the Price The Technology of Tears The Top of His Head Step Across the Border Quartets Middle of the Moment Allies Eye to Ear The Previous Evening Pacifica Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire Clearing Freedom in Fragments Accidental Prints Rivers and Tides Eye to Ear II Eleventh Hour Impur The Happy End Problem Back to Life To Sail, to Sail Impur II Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air Eye to Ear III Clearing Customs Field Days (The Amanda Loops) Propaganda

Related articles	Fred Frith discography Fred Records Step Across the Border

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