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Encounter
Studio album by Michael Stearns
Released	1988
Genre	Space, ambient, new-age
Label	Hearts of Space Records
Michael Stearns chronology
Floating Whispers (1987) Encounter (1988) Sacred Site (1993)

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Encounter is an album by Michael Stearns, released in 1988.

Subtitled A Journey in the Key of Space, it is a collection of instrumental pieces, weaving synthesizers and various background sounds. It evokes peaceful landscapes, feelings of a summer night, space and an encounter with a UFO.

1. "Encounter: Awaiting the Other" – 3:29
2. "Craft: Dimensional Release" – 6:29
3. "The Beacon: Those Who Have Gone Before" – 7:01
4. "On the Way: Space Caravan" – 3:48
5. "Dimensional Shift: Across the Threshold" – 5:29
6. "Within: Choir of the Ascending Spirit" – 3:53
7. "Distant Thunder: Solitary Witness" – 5:40
8. "Alien Shore: Starlight Bay" – 3:46
9. "Procession: Sacred Ceremony" – 8:55
10. "Star Dreams: Peace Eternal" – 4:06

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