Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening
Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening is Ray Lynch’s fifth and final studio album. It reflects Lynch's classical background and features performances by members of the San Francisco Symphony. The album was released after Lynch signed with Windham Hill Records. It peaked at #1 on "Billboard"s "Top New Age Albums" chart. Production. According to "Keyboard", the album was originally slated to be released "during the first quarter" of 1992. In an interview with the "Vancouver Sun", Lynch revealed some of the struggles he faced while creating the album, and said  that it had taken four years to create. In regards to its delayed production, he said, "That's the problem when you love what you make, if you love what you make and care about it, you're going to struggle with it until its right." Reception. Debbie Stover of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" praised the album for its use of instruments to recreate the sound of both the Baroque and Renaissance eras while also "managing to sound fully modern." Stover concluded her review by calling it "easily one of the year's best." Elisabeth Le Guin of "The  New York Times" praised the album for evoking "the highly colored emotions of the classical tradition" and described the album's sound as "pop Dvorak". Track listing. "Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening" includes the following tracks. Personnel. All music composed, arranged and produced by Ray Lynch.