In Formation is the first studio album by the Kronos Quartet. It contains compositions by Ken Benshof, Hunt Beyer, Alan Dorsey, John Geist, David Kechley, and others. The album was re-issued on CD on 17 December 1993 (Reference #RR-9CD).

In Formation
Studio album by
Released1982 (1982)
Recorded1979 at St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco
GenreContemporary classical
LabelReference Recordings (#9)
Kronos Quartet chronology
In Formation
(1982)
Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
(1985)

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Funky Chicken"David Kechley3:17
2."Remember"Ken Benshoof3:23
3."Blues"Derek Thunes3:42
4."When"Benshoof2:24
5."Enantiodromia High"Hunt Beyer3:24
6."Joan's Blue"Alan Dorsey3:32
7."Wind on My Back"Thunes5:09
8."The Junk Food Blues"John Whitney2:32
9."Dark Razz"John Geist3:38
10."Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket?"Dorsey2:29

Critical reception

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In Fanfare magazine, the albums was praised highly: "In imaging, transient accuracy and timbre, one of the finest string quartet discs ever issued."[1]

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Flegler, Joel (1984). "Rev. of Kronos Quartet, In Formation". Fanfare Magazine. 7 (3–4): 77. ISSN 0148-9364. Retrieved 2009-01-25.