Windham Hill releases new age musician Ray Lynch‘s fourth and final album, Nothing Above My Shoulders But The Evening. 
It’s not very often (in fact, hardly ever) that I recommend an entire album on the strength of its one good song, but the singular worthwhile cut on this album is well worth the price of the whole thing. While the rest of the album seems to sound like a step backward for Lynch, “Ivory” is the best neo-classical piece to hit my ears in a long time. A relaxing piano-flute duet, it makes one ask why the whole album couldn’t have been done in this manner. Nevertheless, even if only for the four minutes of “Ivory”, I recommend this one.
- Over Easy (4:47)
- Her Knees Deep In Your Mind (6:15)
- Passion Song (5:22)
- Ivory (5:34)
- Mesquite (6:16)
- Only An Enjoyment (7:16)
- The Vanishing Gardens of Cordoba (8:22)
Released by: Windham Hill
Release date: 1993
Total running time: 45:35
1993 music review by Earl Green