Belladonna is an all-instrumental album of ambient and experimental music by Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois. It was released in 2005 through Anti- and features Lanois on the pedal steel guitar.
One track on the album, "The Deadly Nightshade", had earlier been released on a 1996 album by Geoffrey Oryema as "LPJ Christine", although the version on Belladonna is without Oryema's vocals.
Reception A review in Billboard magazine said Lanois "returns to a cinematic beauty that serenely kindles the imagination".
Track listing "Two Worlds" - 2:03 "Sketches" - 4:24 "Oaxaca" - 2:50 "Agave" - 1:59 "Telco" - 3:34 "Desert Rose" - 1:52 "Carla" - 2:02 "The Deadly Nightshade" - 4:06 "Dusty" - 1:39 "Frozen" - 3:17 "Panorama" - 3:01 "Flametop Green" - 2:27 "Todos Santos" - 5:32
Personnel
Daniel Lanois - pedal steel guitar Malcolm Burn - keyboards, guitar Aaron Embry - piano, guitar Brad Mehldau - piano Bill Dillon - guitar Daryl Johnson - bass Brian Blade - drums Victor Indrizzo - drums Gilbert Castellanos - trumpet Michael Dessen - trombone Adam Samuels - audio mixer
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