Learning to Be Silent

Studio album by

C. W. Vrtacek

Released

1986

Recorded

August 1985 – January 1986 at Vrtacek's household

Genre

Electronic

Length

36:48

Label

Cordelia

Producer

C. W. Vrtacek

C. W. Vrtacek chronology

Days and Days
(1982)

Learning to Be Silent
(1986)

When Heaven Comes to Town
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Learning to Be Silent is the third album by composer C. W. Vrtacek, released in 1986 through Cordelia Records. Despite never being individually issued on CD, the album can be found in its entirety on the 1996 anthology Silent Heaven.^[2]

Track listing

All music is composed by C.W. Vrtacek

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Poison"	1:20
2.	"War"	1:05
3.	"Tumbling"	3:30
4.	"Inside"	1:11
5.	"Revenge"	2:13
6.	"Song for Marcel"	1:59
7.	"Rain"	2:07
8.	"Emily, Are You Happy?"	3:21
9.	"Breathing"	1:01

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Silence"	0:24
2.	"When"	1:42
3.	"Thinking"	3:16
4.	"Fly/Wave"	6:01
5.	"Picture in an Empty Frame"	5:05
6.	"Crooked Heart"	1:33

Personnel

Myles Davis – mixing
Kim Gellatly – xylophone on "Emily, Are You Happy?"
Michael Gellatly – illustrations
Marc Sichel – bass guitar on "Crooked Heart"
C.W. Vrtacek – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, xylophone, ukulele, production, mixing, recording
James Woodruff – narration on "Fly/Wave"

References

^ Couture, François. "Learning to be Silent". Allmusic. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ "C.W.VRTACEK". cuneiformrecords.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

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Studio albums	Learning to Be Silent When Heaven Comes to Town
Compilations	Days of Grace Silent Heaven

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