Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath

Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
Studio album by Harold Budd
Released	January 18, 2005
Genre	Ambient
Length	115:25
Label	Samadhi Sound
Producer	Harold Budd
Harold Budd chronology
Translucence/Drift Music (2003) Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath (2005) Music for 'Fragments from the Inside' (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Stylus	(not rated)[2]

Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath is a double album by Harold Budd which, at the time of its release in 2005, was reported to be his final musical work.^[3] However, both Music for 'Fragments from the Inside'^[4] and Mysterious Skin - Music from the Film, a collaboration with Robin Guthrie,^[5] were released a few months after this album. The first disc is titled Avalon Sutra, and the second is titled As Long as I Can Hold My Breath.

Track listing

CD 1 Avalon Sutra

1. "Arabesque 3" (Jon Gibson) – 2:40
2. "It's Steeper near the Roses (For David Sylvian)" – 1:02
3. "L'enfant Perdu" – 2:14
4. "Chrysalis Nu (To Barney's Memory)" – 1:59
5. "Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's)" – 2:49
6. "Arabesque 2" (Jon Gibson) 3:02
7. "Little Heart" – 7:40
8. "How Vacantly You Stare at Me" (Jon Gibson) 4:01
9. "A Walk in the Park with Nancy (In Memory)" – 5:55
10. "Rue Casimir Delavigne (For Daniel Lentz)" – 5:28
11. "Arabesque 1" (Jon Gibson) 1:56
12. "Porcelain Ginger" – 2:01
13. "Faraon" – 1:23
14. "As Long as I Can Hold My Breath" – 3:57

CD 2 As Long As I Can Hold My Breath

1. "As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night)" – 69:28

Personnel

• Harold Budd - string arrangements, mixing, keyboards
• Marston Smith - cello (2, 3, 4, 5)
• Peter Kent - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
• James Acevedo - viola (2,3,4,5)
• Denis Blackham - mastering
• Michael Coleman - mixing, mastering, recording (1, 14)
• Yuka Fujii - artist Liaison
• Shinya Fujiwara - photography
• Scott Fraser - recording (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
• James Sitterly - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
• Akira Rabelais - composer, guitar (As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night))
• David Sylvian - art director
• Chris Bigg - design

References

1. Jurek, Thom. Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath at AllMusic
2. Stylus review
3. samadhisound.com "Avalon Sutra" to be Harold Budd's last recorded work
4. amazon.com "Music for 'Fragments From The Inside'"
5. amazon.com "Mysterious Skin" soundtrack