Swimming with a Hole in My Body

Swimming with a Hole in My Body
Studio album by Bill Connors
Released	1980
Recorded	August 1979
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:21
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Bill Connors chronology
Of Mist and Melting (1977) Swimming with a Hole in My Body (1979) Step It (1983)

Swimming with a Hole in My Body is an album by American guitarist and composer Bill Connors recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Paul Kohler awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "Brilliant solo acoustic guitar with some overdubs. Required listening".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Connors

1. "Feet First" - 6:09
2. "Wade" - 3:24
3. "Sing and Swim" - 4:35
4. "Frog Stroke" - 5:08
5. "Surrender to the Water" - 10:45
6. "Survive" - 2:05
7. "With Strings Attached" - 2:47
8. "Breath" - 7:28

• Recorded at Talent Studio in Oslo, Norway in August 1979

Personnel

• Bill Connors — guitar

References

1. ECM discography accessed September 14, 2011
2. Kohler, P. Allmusic Review accessed September 14, 2011