Doctor Atomic — John Adams

Tracklist · 48 Tracks · 2h 37m

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Easter Eve 1945

12:00

Doctor Atomic: Overture

5:11

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The end of June 1945

4:19

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Interlude: Rain over the Sangre de Cristo

2:57

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: In the north the cloud-flower blossoms

1:54

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: First of all, let me say

2:16

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: It's midnight, Jack

5:12

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: We surround the plutonium core

1:43

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: I've dreamed the same dream

2:49

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: We are bedeviled by faulty detonators

1:31

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country

3:36

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Many of us are inclined to say

2:27

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The nation's fate

2:17

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: A delay in issuing the Potsdam ultimatum

1:01

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: This is a petition

2:43

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Fermi is taking wagers

2:16

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies

3:37

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: What if it's a dud?

2:03

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Edward, the test will be delayed an hour

3:02

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The test must go on as scheduled

3:21

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: No. Before the bomb is used

4:07

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Panic

2:53

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The Program has been plagued from the start

1:30

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Am I in your light?

4:31

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Long let me inhale, deeply

6:27

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: To keep the weakness secret

2:12

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: I just finished reading The Magic Mountain

2:15

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The motive of it all was loneliness

4:25

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back

1:54

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Electrical storm

2:18

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: What the hell is wrong with the weather?

2:34

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: And love which contains all human spirit

3:01

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The only saviors are the ham sandwiches

2:28

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Five hundred US Superfortresses are raining incendiary bombs

4:07

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: I'll sign the report, sir

1:19

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Chorus: At the sight of this

4:42

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Lieutenant Bush. Keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer

1:33

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: With respect, sir, anyone with good eyes

3:01

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded

2:42

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: I have been preoccupied with many matters

2:32

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Get them out of here. From now on I'm making my own weather predictions

4:05

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: That's their signal

2:18

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude

3:18

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The sky is clear to the east

2:59

Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Batter my heart

7:34

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight

3:06

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Zero minus two minutes

1:04

Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Countdown

6:05

We're still writing this one up. The deep read (liner notes, standout moments, the sound breakdown) is on the way. The album's ready to own right now.