A God That Can Dance
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| Studio album by Paul Delph | ||||
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1996 (private release) 2003 (official release) |
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| Genre | Pop, Rock | |||
| Length | 57:23 | |||
| Label | Search & Seizure Records | |||
| Producer | Paul Delph, Paul Marcus | |||
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| David McClanahan | (A++) |
A God That Can Dance is the final and only available album from Los Angeles-based musician Paul Delph with the saxophone accompaniment of Doug Webb.
The album was independently and privately released to family and friends in 1996. A God That Can Dance chronicles the Delph's struggle with HIV/AIDS and draws its title from a quote attributed in the liner notes to Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900):
The album was produced by Delph and Paul Marcus, who also co-wrote the majority of the material with Delph. Marcus had worked with Delph throughout the 1980s, where they formed a synthesizer duo and had toured with Jimmie Spheeris. The album was engineered by Delph and Jim McMahon.
A God That Can Dance was recorded at Magic Bus Studio, Magic Studio, and The Aspen Studio, whilst it was mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood California.
Both "Eternity Spin" and "The Dance at the End of Time" was written by American singer-songwriter Jimmie Spheeris, who Delph worked with in 1984, shortly before his death. Spheeris had made a long overdue return to the studio in 1983 and 1984 to record a new album, produced by Delph, however he was killed by a drunken driver in 1984. The album, later titled Spheeris wasn't released commercially until 2000. "Eternity Spin" was originally found on Spheeris' 1975 album The Dragon is Dancing.
"Sombadine", written by Delph, is an instrumental track. The almost eight-minute track "Breath of Life" features vocal from Delph's friend/professional vocalist Vida Vierra, who at a benefit concert for David Torn in May 1992, performed with Delph, a cover of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush's 1986 song "Don't Give Up".
In "Mad at God", the second verse speaks of Spheeris, where Delph questions whether his best friend had to die, relating to the fatal motorcycle crash Spheeris was involved with.
"Mama Don't Cry" is a song directed to Delph's parents.
The track "Kyrie" was written by Medieval French poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut.
The song "Let Yourself Go" was used in the final scene of the 1999 US romantic comedy film starring Kevin Pollak, Deal of a Lifetime.
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