Encounters of Every Kind explained

Encounters Of Every Kind
Type:studio
Artist:Meco
Cover:Encounters Of Every Kind.jpg
Released:1978
Genre:Disco, funk
Length:31:45
Label:Millennium Records
RCA
Producer:Meco Monardo, Tony Bongiovi, Harold Wheeler
Prev Title:Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
Next Year:1979

Encounters Of Every Kind is an album by Meco, released in 1978. It was recorded after the success of Meco's platinum-selling album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk and contains two sides of linked songs. In contrast to the previous album (which dedicated a full side to the music from Star Wars) and contrary to an album title that suggests a similar focus on the music from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, this album is presented as a musical trip through time with stops in the age of the Dinosaurs, ancient Rome, medieval England, the Old West, 1920s Chicago and others, with no special focus on any particular film until the final track which is a version of the theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Encounters of Every Kind was the last Meco album to gain significant prominence on the Billboard charts, though he continued to record film tie-ins with disco-inspired albums for The Wizard of Oz, Superman & Other Galactic Heroes (a tie-in with Superman, which was another John Williams score) and 'Music From Star Trek & Music From The Black Hole (tie-ins with the 1979 films and The Black Hole). None of these releases other than the Star Wars album have been released on CD, though some tracks from Close Encounters were available on the Best of Meco compact disc.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Time Machine" - (0:43)
  2. "In the Beginning" (Harold Wheeler) - (3:27)
  3. "Roman Nights" (Harold Wheeler) - (1:26)
  4. "Lady Marion" (Harold Wheeler) - (2:52)
  5. "Icebound" (Harold Wheeler) - (1:20)
  6. "Hot in the Saddle" (Harold Wheeler) - (4:27)

Side two

  1. "Time Machine" - (0:15)
  2. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) - (3:49)
  3. "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) - (3:33)
  4. "Meco's Theme/3w.57" (Harold Wheeler) - (5:32)
  5. "Theme from 'Close Encounters'" (John Williams) - (4:21)

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChart Positions
width="45"US R&Bwidth="45"US Dancewidth="45"US Popwidth="45"AUS
1978"Theme from Close Encounters"
  1. 76
  1. 33
  1. 25
  1. 76

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meco . Billboard . 19 March 2024.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 196.