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- Date Released: February 4, 2000
- Genre: International
- Style: Pacific Islands, Lounge
- Label: GNP Crescendo
A lounge-exotica master with a sly, subtle sense of subversion.
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One of the masters of the kitschy "exotic music" style that graced America's bulky console stereos in the late '50s and early '60s, Arthur Lyman knew how to tweak a melody. While the cool, easy-listening stylings went on below, he'd adorn his hooks with conch shell toots and the chatter of macaws and monkeys, taking standard fare like "Poinciana" to a fanciful jungle paradise. It works, thanks to thoughtful, low-key arrangements and restrained playing, emphasizing space as much as notes. When Lyman does let go, as on the percussion break on "Simulau," it's still nothing less (and nothing more) than tasteful, giving only the idea of abandon — the very essence of the exotic genre. But a sly, subtle sense of subversion runs throughout the music; even a classic Hawaiian set-piece like "Aloha Oe" gets quietly turned around into something unusual and even a tiny bit unsettling. An album where the familiar is transformed into the unusual, Pearly Shells is like a hall of mirrors — with palm trees.
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| 01. |  |
Poinciana |
2:26 |  |
| 02. | |
Stranger in Paradise |
3:04 | |
| 03. | |
Te Manu Pukarua |
2:05 | |
| 04. | |
Shangri-La |
2:09 | |
| 05. | |
Now is the Hour |
1:37 | |
| 06. | |
Vini Vini |
1:45 | |
| 07. | |
South Sea Island Magic |
2:38 | |
| 08. | |
Pearly Shells |
2:01 | |
| 09. | |
Off Shore |
2:42 | |
| 10. | |
Baubles, Bangles and Beads |
2:53 | |
| 11. | |
Song of India |
2:21 | |
| 12. | |
Pu Pu Hino Hino |
2:17 | |
| 13. | |
Song of Delilah |
2:23 | |
| 14. | |
Cast Your Fate to the Wind |
2:14 | |
| 15. | |
Waltz Latino |
2:37 | |
| 16. | |
Simulau |
3:42 | |
| 17. | |
Aloha Oe |
3:50 | |
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Credits
- Arthur Lyman - Guitar // Arthur Lyman - Arranger // Arthur Lyman - Bongos // Arthur Lyman - Conga // Arthur Lyman - Marimba // Arthur Lyman - Multi Instruments // Arthur Lyman - Vibraphone // Arthur Lyman - Main Performer // Arthur Lyman - Liner Notes // Arthur Lyman - Instrumentation // Gene Norman - Liner Notes // Harold Chang - Bass // Harold Chang - Percussion // Harold Chang - Multi Instruments // Harold Chang - Instrumentation // Alan Soares - Guitar // Alan Soares - Piano // Alan Soares - Glockenspiel // Alan Soares - Marimba // Alan Soares - ? // Alan Soares - Clavietta // John Kramer - Bass // John Kramer - Clarinet // John Kramer - Fiddle // John Kramer - Flute // John Kramer - Percussion // John Kramer - Ukulele
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