World of Echo is an album by Arthur Russell. It was released in 1986 on Upside Records

Upside Records

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 in the United States and on Rough Trade Records

Rough Trade Records

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 in the United Kingdom. Audika Records issued a limited edition CD on 27 October 2004 which included bonus tracks and a DVD with footage by Phill Niblock

Phill Niblock

Phill Niblock is a composer, filmmaker, videographer, and director of Experimental Intermedia, a foundation for avant-garde music based in New York with a parallel branch in Ghent, Belgium.-Biography:...

. They subsequently issued another CD on 11 January 2005 and a double vinyl edition on 29 March 2005. Rough Trade also reissued the album on 9 January 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Arthur Russell.

1. "Tone Bone Kone" – 1:05
2. "Soon-to-Be Innocent Fun / Let's See" – 9:36
3. "Answers Me" – 2:11
4. "Being It" – 5:17
5. "Place I Know / Kid Like You" – 3:28
6. "She's the Star / I Take This Time" – 4:57
7. "Treehouse" – 2:15
8. "See-Through" – 2:10
9. "Hiding Your Present from You" – 4:17
10. "Wax the Van" – 2:11
11. "All-Boy All-Girl" – 3:44
12. "Lucky Cloud" – 2:53
13. "Tower of Meaning / Rabbit's Ear / Home Away from Home" – 4:38
14. "Let's Go Swimming" – 2:42

The reissued copies included the following bonus tracks:

15. "The Name of the Next Song" – 8:00
16. "Happy Ending" – 4:23
17. "Canvas Home" – 2:34
18. "Our Last Night Together" – 3:27

Personnel

People involved in the making of this album include:

• Arthur Russell – Cello, vocals, hand percussion, echo

Technical personnel

• Arthur Russell – Producer, liner notes
• Ernie Brooks – Producer
• Steve Cellum – Producer
• Ray Janos – Remastering
• Melissa Jones – Artwork
• Steve Knutson – Reissue executive producer
• Tom "Sisu" Lee – Reissue executive producer
• Phill Niblock
  Phill Niblock
  Phill Niblock is a composer, filmmaker, videographer, and director of Experimental Intermedia, a foundation for avant-garde music based in New York with a parallel branch in Ghent, Belgium.-Biography:...
  
   – Producer
• Peter Zummo
  Peter Zummo
  Peter Zummo is an American composer and musician. He plays the trombone, valve trombone, euphonium, synthesizer, other electronic instruments, and also sings. He is associated with the postminimalist and Downtown aesthetics, and he describes his music as "minimalism plus a whole lot more."He...
  
  – Producer