The Half-Life of Desire
Studio album by
Either/Orchestra
Released1990
RecordedJanuary 31, 1988 and April 29 & 30, 1989
StudioThe Outpost, Stoughton, MA and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length55:23
LabelAccurate
AC-3242
ProducerRuss Gershon
Either/Orchestra chronology
Radium
(1988) 		The Half-Life of Desire
(1990) 		The Calculus of Pleasure
(1992)

The Half-Life of Desire is an album by the Either/Orchestra recorded in 1989, with one track from 1988, and released by the Accurate Records label the following year.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Allmusic's Brian Olewnick called it "Either/Orchestra's finest, most accomplished release" and said: "Beautifully recorded by legendary engineer Rudy van Gelder, the band is extraordinarily tight and vibrant, showing none of the muddy quality that would sully some of their later work ... Quite a journey, resulting in arguably the best of this unusual band's release. Very highly recommended".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Strange Meridian" (Russ Gershon) – 8:28
  2. "Premonitions" (Curtis Hasselbring) – 5:29
  3. "The Half-Life of Desire" (Gershon) – 5:30
  4. "He Who Hesitates" (Hasselbring) – 7:54
  5. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 5:17
  6. "Circle in the Round/I Got It Bad" (Miles Davis/Duke Ellington) – 11:18
  7. "Red" (Robert Fripp) – 11:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Either/Orchestra Discography, accessed March 12, 2019
  2. ^ a b Olewnick, Brian. Either/Orchestra: The Half-Life of Desire – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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