Pieces of the Sun

Pieces of the Sun
Studio album by Tony Levin
Released	February 12, 2002
Recorded	Applehead Studios, Woodstock, New York
Genre	Instrumental rock, space rock, progressive metal
Label	Narada Productions
Producer	Tony Levin
Tony Levin chronology
Waters of Eden (2000) Pieces of the Sun (2002) Double Espresso (2002)

Pieces of the Sun is Tony Levin's third solo record. It is an often jazzy, progressive rock, instrumental record. It features the Tony Levin Band, which includes Levin on bass guitars, stick and cello, Jerry Marotta on drums, Larry Fast playing synthesisers and Jesse Gress on guitars. The California Guitar Trio accompanies the quartet on the opening track, "Apollo." In addition to his percussion duties, Marotta plays acoustic guitar, Omnichord and saxophone on the record. The only vocal performances are a spoken word on "Tequila" and the called "dog one," "dog two" and "dog three!" on "Dog One," which is a new recording of an unreleased Peter Gabriel composition, which Levin, Marotta and Fast had played on.

Track listing

1. "Apollo" (Tony Levin) - 6:49
2. "Geronimo" (Levin, Larry Fast, Jesse Gress, Jerry Marotta) - 3:11
3. "Aquafin" (Levin) - 5:13
4. "Dog One" (Peter Gabriel) - 5:15
5. "Tequila" (Levin, Chuck Rio) - 5:20
6. "Pieces of the Sun" (Levin, Marotta) - 7:20
7. "Phobos" (Fast) - 7:08
8. "Ooze" (Levin) - 4:16
9. "Blue Nude Reclining" (Levin, Fast, Gress, Marotta) - 3:08
10. "The Fifth Man" (Levin) - 5:47
11. "Ever the Sun Will Rise" (Levin) - 9:08
12. "Silhouette" (Levin) - 4:37

Personnel

Musicians

• Tony Levin - Chapman Stick (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9-11), Music Man StingRay Bass (tracks 1, 5, 6), cello (tracks 6, 8, 11), NS Electric Upright Bass (track 2), electric fretless bass (tracks 3, 9, 12), acoustic bass guitar (track 1), electric guitar (track 8), Omnichord (track 3), vocals (tracks 4, 5)
• Larry Fast - synthesizers on all tracks except track 8, vocals (track 5)
• Jesse Gress - electric guitar (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 12), electric guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10), acoustic guitars (track 3), backwards guitar (track 8), vocals (tracks 4, 5)
• Jerry Marotta - drums on all tracks except track 8, percussion (tracks 5, 6), tenor saxophone (tracks 5, 9), acoustic guitars (track 3), Omnichord (track 3), Taos drum (track 8), vocals (track 4, 5)
• California Guitar Trio - acoustic guitars on "Apollo"

Production

• Tony Levin - Producer
• Robert Frazza - Engineer
• Doug Stringer - Premix and overdub engineer
• Kevin Killen - Mixing engineer
• Trevor Sadler - Mastering