Key (Meredith Monk album)

Key
Key
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	1971
Recorded	July 1970–January 1971 at Gary Weis's loft, Santa Monica and Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Modern classical, minimalism
Length	36:42
Label	Increase (original release); Lovely Music, Ltd. (reissue)
Producer	Collin Walcott
Meredith Monk chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	8.7/10^[2]

Key is the debut album of Meredith Monk, released in 1971 through Increase Records. In 2017, Tompkins Square re-released Key for Record Store Day.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Meredith Monk

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Porch"	2:14
2.	"Under Street"	4:18
3.	"What Does It Mean?"	3:56
4.	"Vision"	1:16
5.	"Fat Stream"	7:25

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vision"	2:02
2.	"Do You Be?"	4:11
3.	"Vision"	0:35
4.	"Change"	3:44
5.	"Dungeon"	6:51

Personnel

Musicians

Lanny Harrison – vocals
Dick Higgins – vocals
Meredith Monk – vocals, Jew's harp, electronic organ
Mark Monstermaker – vocals
Daniel Ira Sverdlik – vocals
Collin Walcott – Mr̥daṅgaṃ, vocals, production

Production

Tom Clack – engineering
Paul Gruwell – art direction
John Horton – engineering, mixing
Peter Moore – photography
Daniel Nagrin – engineering
Peter Pilafian – engineering

References

^ Tyranny, "Blue" Gene. "Key". Allmusic. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
^ "Key". Pitchfork.

External links

Key at Discogs (list of releases)

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[allmusic-1] Tyranny, "Blue" Gene. "Key". Allmusic. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[2] "Key". Pitchfork.

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