We Live Here is an album

Album

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 by the Pat Metheny Group

Pat Metheny Group

The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977. The core members of the group are guitarist and bandleader Pat Metheny, composer, keyboardist and pianist Lyle Mays , and bassist and producer Steve Rodby...

, released in 1995 by Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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. This album shows a high level of collaboration between Lyle Mays

Lyle Mays

Lyle Mays is an American jazz pianist and composer from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group...

 and Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny

Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...

 having composed almost all the songs together except "Episode D'Azur".

In the 1990s, the group embarked on a tour under the name of this album. A live performance in Japan was recorded in 1995, with Brazilian percussionist Armando Marçal (a.k.a. Marçalzinho) joining for the concert.

Track listing

All songs were composed by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, except "Episode d'Azur", which was composed by Lyle Mays.

1. "Here to Stay" – 7:39
2. "And Then I Knew" – 7:53
3. "The Girls Next Door" – 5:30
4. "To the End of the World" – 12:15
5. "We Live Here" – 4:12
6. "Episode D'Azur" – 8:45
7. "Something to Remind You" – 7:04
8. "Red Sky" – 7:36
9. "Stranger in Town" – 6:11

Personnel

• Pat Metheny
  Pat Metheny
  Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• Lyle Mays
  Lyle Mays
  Lyle Mays is an American jazz pianist and composer from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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  , keyboards
• Steve Rodby
  Steve Rodby
  Steve Rodby is an American bassist.He joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981. Prior to joining Metheny, he was a member of the Simon-Bard Group and the Fred Simon ensemble. Rodby continues to collaborate with Simon .Rodby studied bass at Northwestern University, a student of Warren Benfield of the...
  
   - Acoustic Bass
  Acoustic bass
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  , Electric Bass
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• Paul Wertico
  Paul Wertico
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   - drums
  Drum kit
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• David Blamires
  David Blamires
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   - vocals
  Singing
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• Mark Ledford
  Mark Ledford
  Mark Ledford was an American trumpet player, vocalist and guitarist.Ledford was most famous for his multi-instrumentalism, and from his membership in the Pat Metheny Group....
  
   - vocals, trumpet
  Trumpet
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• Luis Conte
  Luis Conte
  Luis Conte is a Cuban percussionist.-Early years:As a child in Cuba, Conte began his musical odyssey playing the guitar. However, he soon switched to percussion, and that has remained his mode since....
  
   - percussion
  Percussion instrument
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