Inner Journeys

Inner Journeys: Myth + Legends
Studio album by Cusco
Released	25 March 2003
Genre	New-age
Label	Higher Octave
Cusco chronology
Ancient Journeys (2000) Inner Journeys: Myth + Legends (2003) Desert Island (1980)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Inner Journeys: Myth + Legends is an album by German cross-cultural new-age band Cusco, released in 2003. The album peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top New Age albums chart.[2] In 2004, it was nominated for the Grammy award for Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album.[3]

With this album, the band simultaneously explores new territory by covering Greek Mythology with its musical concepts, and also revisits a more classic Cusco sound by reintroducing the flute sounds of the early years (Water Stories) and the strings, guitars, and atmospheres of their mid-career commercial high points of Cusco 2000 and Apurimac II. Sonically, this album does continue to develop a very natural-sounding instrumentation that began to appear with Ancient Journeys, though it uses them to create a more mysterious vibe than that of the previous album. Also, Inner Journeys utilizes occasional backing vocals in a style previously unexplored by the band, giving this album a unique flavor among Cusco albums.

Track listing

1. "Oracle Of Delphi"
2. "Eros And Psyche"
3. "Ariadne"
4. "The Nine Muses"
5. "Odysseus And The Sirens"
6. "Aphrodite"
7. "Janus"
8. "Orpheus And Eurydice"
9. "Pan And The Nymph"
10. "Poseidon"

Album credits

• Kristian Schultze - Arranger, keyboard, programming
• Michael Holm – Arranger, keyboard, producer
• Johan Daansen – Acoustic guitar
• Ernst Stroehr - Percussion
• Jane Bogaert - Vocals
• Matt Marshall – Executive producer
• Dan Selene – Executive producer
• Ron McMaster – Digital mastering
• William Aura – Mastering
• Frank Von Dem Bottlenberg - Mixing
• Murry Whiteman – Cover art
• Gina Grimes – Director of creative services
• Debra Holland – Liner notes
• Cusco – Main performer

References

1. Jonathan Widran. "Review of Inner Journeys". Allmusic.
2. "Charting for Inner Journeys". Allmusic.
3. "46th Grammy Awards – 2004". Rock on the Net. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2011.