the Pat Metheny Group recorded in 1984 for their album FIRST CIRCLE.

song=Praise

Praise - Pat Metheny Group - NJ Free School-Annie Sullivan Jackson House bpm_map_1

band=Pat Metheny Group

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average beat=~0.54467 seconds

Praise - Pat Metheny Group - NJ Free School-Annie Sullivan Jackson House bpm_map

Frequency=470.0 Hz, where Bb4=46616 Hz and B4=493.88 Hz.

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Channels=Joint Stereo

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Bit Rate=192 kbps

Sample Rate=44.100 kHz

Album=FIRST CIRCLE

composers=Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays

This reviewer who put their review in the public domain in 200 has these fine good and accurate things to report about the album, one that I have purchased multiple times on vinyle, and then multiple times on CD, and the recording calibrated on this page is purely digital.

There are few works of art, music or film out there of which I can honestly say I am simply at a loss for adequate words to describe. “First Circle” is a monumental work full of joyful energy and an indescribably heartfelt melodiousness which a true fan of music can never forget.

As other reviewers have already stated, the title track “The First Circle” is certainly one of the greatest musical compositions and recordings of the past century. The power and passion of this piece, as it progresses gracefully from a series of simple handclaps to its explosive and magical climax, takes ones heart and soul on an unforgettable flight. Enough said…you simply have to hear this track to believe it. Followed immediately afterwards by a gorgeous guitar and synthesizer ballad “If I Could”, the power of the title song is again multiplied.

This is Metheny’s first album to utilize vocals so predominately (although he experimented with them on other recordings such as “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls” and “Offramp”). The effect is stunning and the vocals, sung most of the time without words, become another essential ensemble instrument along with piano, synthesizers, guitars, drums and bass.

“Praise” concludes the album with a renewed confidence and exultation. What a pleasure to listen to an artist like Pat Metheny who, at the top of his form, finds excitement in expressing musically the positive aspects of the human experience. Bravo!!!

Jackson Winters

meanspeed® music nonprofit education

New Jersey Free School

Kendall Park, NJ

June 25, 2011