Dig

Bill Bruford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 18, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Editions Eg Records
• ASIN: B000003S3M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,462 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stromboli Kicks

2. Gentle Persuasion

3. Downtown

4. Pilgrim's Way

5. Dancing on Frith Street

6. A Stone's Throw

7. Libreville

8. Corroboree

Editorial Reviews

Dig by Bill Bruford's Earthworks

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pushes the rock-jazz envelope yet remains in reach., July 9, 1998

By 

Dean Earlix ([e-mail] (Portland, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dig (Audio CD)

This disk grew on me until, to my horror, I found my rocking sensibilities in rhythm, style, and instrumentation had been broadened. Bruford and Earthworks tricked me by rocking just enough to keep every track accessible. Jazz purists may not care for it, and rock fans unwilling to stretch will be happier with _Gradually Going Tornado_ or _One of a Kind_... but _Dig_ has become one of my favorite instrumental albums, and remains unlike any other in my collection. The streaming audio samples don't capture the pristine fidelity of the recordings or its weird sections, but they do give a fair idea of the disk.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz purists can take a hike, July 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dig (Audio CD)

This is a record that requires repeated listenings to be appreciated because it refuses any compromise whatsoever. Once you let it get inside your system, it is like a drug, not unlike the effect you get from Stravinsky (though obviously not on that level), you constantly go back for more. 'Dig?' is far superior to the first 'Earthworks' release which was much more commercial though in an acceptable non-pandering way. And the more I listen to the new acoustic Earthworks project, though it is quite good, the more I appreciate 'Dig?' with it's unusual and exotic electronic percussion and space-age clang.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No me acaba de llenar, April 15, 2003

By 

J. B. Fresno (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dig (Audio CD)

Ciertamente agradezco el interés de Bruford por el Jazz (ya que es un tipo de música que me gusta mucho) y su afán por desmarcarse del típico batería de grupo de rock. Pero sus propuestas iniciales me gustaban bastante más que sus trabajos con Earthworks, ya que éstos no dejan de ser meros ejercicios de estilo sin demasiada sustancia. Demasiado envoltorio para tan poco regalo.