In Search of the Turtle's Navel

In Search of the Turtle's Navel
Studio album by Will Ackerman
Released	1976
Genre	New age
Length	45:05
Label	Windham Hill
Producer	Scott Saxon & William Ackerman
Will Ackerman chronology
In Search of the Turtle's Navel (1976) It Takes a Year (1977)

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Allmusic	[1]

In Search of the Turtle's Navel is the 1976 debut album by guitarist Will Ackerman. Some consider the album to be the start of new-age music.^[1] The album took Ackerman from his work as a carpenter and head of Windham Hill Builders to becoming a professional musician and executive of Windham Hill Records.

The picture on the album cover is one Ackerman took of his younger sister Eleanor when they were children.

Track listing

All compositions by Will Ackerman

1. "The Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen" – 5:32
2. "Ely" – 5:26
3. "Windham Mary" – 4:27
4. "Processional" – 3:43
5. "Second Great Tortion Bar Overland of West Townshend, Vermont, Jose Pepsi Attending" – 2:33
6. "What the Buzzard Told Suzanne" – 4:33
7. "Barbara's Song" – 7:28
8. "Gazos" – 4:36
9. "Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction" – 3:34
10. "Dance for the Death of a Bird" – 5:59

References

1. 1 2 William Ruhlmann, "Review: In Search of the Turtle's Navel", Allmusic (link)