Artist: Eumir Deodato
Title Of Album: Prelude
Release Date: 1973
Location: Brazil
Label: CTI Records (CTQ8 6021)
Genre: Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Quality: DVD-Audio (*iso) [+dts cd]
Length: 31:42 min
Tracks: 6
Total Size: 2.75 GB (+5%)
WebSite: Home Page, MySpace

Prelude is the eighth studio album by Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato, released in 1973. With the signature track "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" (an arrangement of the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey), Prelude would be the biggest hit Deodato and CTI Records ever had. The album features guitarist John Tropea on three tracks, bassists Ron Carter and Stanley Clarke, and Billy Cobham on drums. The funk-influenced version of the "Introduction" from Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, entitled "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)", won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and went to number two in the pop charts in the US, number three in Canada, and number seven in the UK. In 1977, the album was re-released as 2001.




Tracklist:

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus spake Zarathustra) (9:03)
02. Spirit Of Summer (4:17)
03. Carly & Carole (3:44)
04. Baubles, Bangles And Beads (5:22)
05. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun (5:15)
06. September 13 (5:57)