For the Beauty of Wynona

For the Beauty of Wynona
Cover art by Jan Saudek
Studio album by Daniel Lanois
Released	March 23, 1993
Recorded	1991–1993
Studio	Real World Bath, Somerset, England TakLab, Paris, France Dog Town, Dublin, Ireland Grant Avenue Studio, Ontario, Canada Kingsway Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Rock experimental rock[1]
Length	55:42
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois chronology
Acadie (1989) For the Beauty of Wynona (1993) Shine (2003)
Singles from For the Beauty of Wynona
"Lotta Love to Give" / "The Messenger" Released: April 1993
Alternative cover
American edition (censored) cover

For the Beauty of Wynona is the second album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois.^[2] It was released on March 23, 1993.

The album cover photograph, titled "The Knife", was taken in 1987 by Czech artist Jan Saudek. The image was censored upon release in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]

The Los Angeles Times called the album "a work of considerable imagination and force."^[6] Trouser Press wrote that it trades "increased accessibility for diminished depth."^[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Daniel Lanois; unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"The Messenger"		5:27
2.	"Brother L.A."		4:19
3.	"Still Learning How to Crawl"	Lanois, Daryl Johnson	5:19
4.	"Beatrice"		4:21
5.	"Waiting"		2:00
6.	"The Collection of Marie Claire"		4:17
7.	"Death of a Train"		5:47
8.	"The Unbreakable Chain"		4:19
9.	"Lotta Love to Give"		3:38
10.	"Indian Red"	George Landry	3:46
11.	"Sleeping in the Devil's Bed"		3:02
12.	"For the Beauty of Wynona"		5:50
13.	"Rocky World"		2:55

"The Messenger" and "Lotta Love to Give" were released as singles. "Sleeping in the Devil's Bed" had been previously released on the soundtrack Until the End of the World (released December 10, 1991).

Personnel

• Daniel Lanois – guitar, bass, vocals
• Malcolm Burn – guitar, keyboards
• Bill Dillon – guitar, mandolin, Guitorgan M300
• Daryl Johnson– bass, percussion, drums, vocals
• Ronald Jones – drums
• Nicholas Payton – trumpet
• Emmanuel del Casal – bass on "Brother L. A."
• Sean Devitt – percussion on "For the Beauty of Wynona"

References

1. Prendergast, Mark J. (2003). The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance: the Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age (2nd ed.). London: Bloomsbury. p. 364. ISBN 0-7475-5732-2.
2. "Daniel Lanois | Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. "For the Beauty of Wynona - Daniel Lanois | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 89.
5. "For the Beauty of Wynona". EW.com.
6. "POP MUSIC : For the Beauty of the Word : Producer Daniel Lanois, known for creating rich sounds, tells powerful stories on his new album". Los Angeles Times. March 28, 1993.
7. "Daniel Lanois". Trouser Press. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links

• Lyrics