Deep Breakfast

Deep Breakfast
Studio album by
Ray Lynch
ReleasedDecember 12, 1984
RecordedSeptember–October 1984
StudioRay Lynch's home studio[1]
GenreNew-age
space music[2]
Length40:20
LabelRay Lynch Productions
Music West (1986 reissue)
Windham Hill Records (1992 reissue)[3]
ProducerRay Lynch
Ray Lynch chronology
The Sky of Mind
(1983) 		Deep Breakfast
(1984) 		No Blue Thing
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Deep Breakfast is the second album by American new-age artist Ray Lynch, released on December 12, 1984, on Lynch's own label. After signing with Music West Records, the album was released more widely in March 1986.[6] By October 1986 the album had sold 72,000 copies, becoming Lynch's breakout work.[7] The first track "Celestial Soda Pop" was tapped for the theme song of the NPR show Fresh Air, increasing exposure and sales of the album.[8]

Upon its re-release, the album was universally praised for its new-age style melding of electronic and classical sounds. In 1989, the album peaked at number 2 on Billboard's Top New Age Albums chart, behind David Lanz's album Cristofori's Dream.[9] The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1994.[10]

  1. ^ Widders-Ellis, Andy (December 1989). "Ray Lynch: Exploring the Structure of Music". Keyboard. 15 (12): 29. Lynch records and mixes his albums in his home studio.
  2. ^ Patti Jean Birosik, The New Age Music Guide: Profiles and Recordings of 500 Top New Age Musicians, p113, 1989, Collier MacMillan, ISBN 0-02-041640-7, "Deep Breakfast...one of the best-selling New Age Space music albums ever"
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hill was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Deep Breakfast Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Muze. p. 384. ISBN 0195313739.
  6. ^ McCormick, Moira (December 19, 1987). "Mainstream New Age Promo A Hit" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 51. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  7. ^ Mayfield, Geoff (October 25, 1986). "Indies". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. N-4, N-20. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  8. ^ Selvin, Joel (May 26, 1990). "Lynch Finds Gold in Marin Hills". San Francisco Chronicle. p. C4.
  9. ^ "New Age Music: Top New Age Albums Chart". Billboard. January 28, 1989. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rank was invoked but never defined (see the help page).