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Odyssey is the fifth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Odyssey
Studio album by Terje Rypdal
Released	1975
Recorded	August 1975
Genre	Jazz
Length	87:13
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Terje Rypdal chronology
Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away (1974) Odyssey (1975) After the Rain (1976)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "A magnificant [sic] effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz with long, brooding electric ruminations".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Terje Rypdal

1. "Darkness Falls" - 3:33
2. "Midnite" - 16:45
3. "Adagio" - 13:16
4. "Better Off Without You" - 7:37
5. "Over Birkerot" - 4:48
6. "Fare Well" - 11:25
7. "Ballade" - 5:55
8. "Rolling Stone" - 23:54

• Recorded at the Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway in August 1975

The album's first appearance on CD was in a single-disc version released in 1994 with "Rolling Stone" omitted. In 2012 ECM released a three-disc box set with the complete original track listing, plus Unfinished Highballs, a previously unreleased live recording from 1976.

Unfinished Highballs track listing:

1. "Unfinished Highballs" - 3:52
2. "The Golden Eye" - 14:04
3. "Scarlet Mistress" - 12:25
4. "Dawn" - 12:29
5. "Dine and Dance to the Music of the Waves" - 11:40
6. "Talking Back" - 7:10
7. "Bright Lights Big City" - 6:15

Personnel

• Terje Rypdal — guitar, synthesizer, soprano saxophone
• Brynjulf Blix — organ
• Torbjørn Sunde — trombone
• Sveinung Hovensjø — electric bass
• Svein Christiansen — drums

References

External links

• "Somewhat of a voyage, also" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 2012-06-30. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2012-06-30.

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