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Countdown—Time in Outer Space
Countdown—Time in Outer Space
Studio album by Dave Brubeck Quartet
Released	1962
Recorded	May 3, 1961 – February 12, 1962
Genre	Cool jazz
Length	37:52
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero

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Countdown—Time in Outer Space is a studio album released by the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1962 on Columbia LP record CS 8575 (stereo) and CL 1775 (mono).^[5] The front cover features the 1959 painting Orange and Black Wall by Franz Kline.^[6] In Australia the album appeared on the Coronet label.^[7] It was re-released, for the first time in digital format,^[8] in 2004 as part of a compact disc collection titled Dave Brubeck: For All Time.^[9] It was again released as part of the box set The Dave Brubeck Quartet: the Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955-1966.^[10] Both CD re-releases feature a bonus track titled "Fatha".^[11]^[12]

Recording

Dedicated to astronaut John Glenn^[13] the album was another in a series of concept albums studying the exploration of unusual meters and polytonality within a jazz context.^[5] Recorded between May 3, 1961 and February 12, 1962, it was put on tape in many of the same sessions that appear on Time Further Out.^[1] Brubeck encouraged the quartet members towards the development of new time signatures for this album.^[14] The first track, "Countdown", is based on a typical "8 to the bar" boogie, stride piano in the manner of Earl Hines or Teddy Wilson,^[15] but with two extra notes added in, giving a meter count of 10.^[16] AC/DC's song Whole Lotta Rosie has an opening riff directly mimicking this track.^[11] Michael Katzif considers the track so smoothly played that some people may be unaware of the unusual time signature.^[17] "Eleven Four" uses a pattern of five beats, then two sets of three to create the feel of eleven.^[16] In the track "Why Phillis" some players stick to ³
₄ time, others adhere to ⁴
₄, while others move between the time signatures. "Someday My Prince Will Come" had been previously recorded by the Quartet, juxtaposing triple and quadruple meters in the album Dave Digs Disney,^[18] but the track was re-done on this album to further realize the rhythmic possibilities of poly-rhythm, including adding a rhythm of ²
₄ to the mix.^[16] "Castilian Blues" and "Castilian Drums" have time signatures of ⁵
₄, the latter being unsurprisingly a percussion showpiece.^[16] The next four tracks, "Fast Life," "Waltz Limp," "Three's a Crowd," and "Danse Duet" were written for a ballet entitled "Maiden in the Tower." Different characters in the performance have themes with different time signatures, and as they interact the interplay and contrasts of the various rhythms are paraded.^[16] The album's final track, as originally issued, is a standard blues in 4/4 time, hence the title "Back to Earth."^[16]

Reception

On release, Billboard expected the album to be "another smash" because of the "persuasive and exciting performances".^[5] Both the monaural and stereo version appeared on the respective Billboard charts.^[19] Countdown's first appearance on the Billboard chart was on June 16, 1962. It reached a peak position of No. 24 and remained on the chart for 21 weeks.^[20] The St. Petersburg Times called the album "modern jazz at its finest."^[21] Louise Stone recommended the album but found it inferior to Brubeck's Fantasy recordings and Jazz Goes to College.^[3] The album has been cited as a superior example of utilizing "off" time signatures.^[22] The Age stated that the album "breaks new ground."^[7] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer called it one of Brubeck's most creative records.^[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Brubeck except where noted^[23]^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Countdown"		February 12, 1962	2:23
2.	"Eleven Four"	Paul Desmond	May 25, 1961	2:48
3.	"Why Phillis"	Eugene Wright	June 28, 1961	2:17
4.	"Someday My Prince Will Come"	Frank Churchill, Larry Morey	January 12, 1962	6:22
5.	"Castilian Blues"		May 3, 1961	2:33
6.	"Castilian Drums"		May 3, 1961	3:52
7.	"Fast Life"		June 28, 1961	2:57
8.	"Waltz Limp"		May 3, 1961	4:14
9.	"Three's a Crowd"		June 2, 1961	2:41
10.	"Danse Duet"		June 28, 1961	3:45
11.	"Back to Earth"		December 16, 1961	3:16
Total length:				37:52

CD bonus track

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fatha"	3:47

Personnel

Dave Brubeck – piano
Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Eugene Wright – bass
Joe Morello – drums

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dave Brubeck Discography". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Yanow, Scott (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music (4 ed.). Backbeat Books. p. 170. ISBN 9780879307172.
^ ^a ^b Stone, Louise D. (May 26, 1962). "The Jazz Bit". The Afro-American. p. 12. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Down Beat: August 16, 1962 vol. 29, no. 22
^ ^a ^b ^c "Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard. May 5, 1962. p. 24. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ Borgerson, Janet (2017). Designed for hi-fi living : the vinyl LP in midcentury America. Schroeder, Jonathan E., 1962-, Miller, Daniel, 1954-. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 86–88. ISBN 9780262036238. OCLC 958205262.
^ ^a ^b "Dave Brubeck; More Rhythm Experiments". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. June 29, 1962. p. 4. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Heckman, Don (December 12, 2004). "JAZZ SPOTLIGHT; Venerable building blocks for an impressive library; Decades of excellence are captured in classy collections this year". Los Angeles Times. p. E.56.
^ Nick Carter (April 7, 2004). "Stuff To Do, To Buy, To Talk About". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1E. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Sauro, Tony (December 8, 2011). "Trove of Brubeck discs hits market". The Record. Stockton, California. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Barbrick, Greg (April 26, 2011). "Music Review: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Box Set". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Carlson, Russell (August 9, 2003). "Columbia Compiles Brubeck". Jazz Times. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
^ "Downbeat". Dave Brubeck Jazz. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
^ Kristen Bialik (October 11, 2011). "Brubeck's Signature, Signed with Time". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Bowden, Michael (March 10, 2004). "Dave Brubeck Quartet: For All Time". PopMatters. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brubeck, Dave (1962). Countdown—Time in Outer Space (LP Record). Dave Brubeck Quartet. Columbia Records. CS 8575.
^ Katzif, Michael (September 26, 2008). "Five More In 5/4". npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Hall, Fred (1996). It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story. University of Arkansas Press. p. 62. ISBN 9781610752107.
^ "Top LPs". Billboard. August 25, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
^ The Billboard Albums, 6th ed. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-89820-166-7
^ "Santa's Gift Guide". St. Petersburg Times. November 28, 1963. p. 6–G. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ Bufe, Chaz (1994). An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians. SEE SHARPE PRESS. p. 66. ISBN 9781884365003. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ Yanow, Scott. "Dave Brubeck - Countdown: Time in Outer Space". Allmusic. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[jazzdisco-1] "Dave Brubeck Discography". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[books.google-2] Yanow, Scott (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music (4 ed.). Backbeat Books. p. 170. ISBN 9780879307172.

[news.google_a-3] Stone, Louise D. (May 26, 1962). "The Jazz Bit". The Afro-American. p. 12. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[4] Down Beat: August 16, 1962 vol. 29, no. 22

[books.google_a-5] "Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard. May 5, 1962. p. 24. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

[6] Borgerson, Janet (2017). Designed for hi-fi living : the vinyl LP in midcentury America. Schroeder, Jonathan E., 1962-, Miller, Daniel, 1954-. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 86–88. ISBN 9780262036238. OCLC 958205262.

[news.google-7] "Dave Brubeck; More Rhythm Experiments". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. June 29, 1962. p. 4. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[8] Heckman, Don (December 12, 2004). "JAZZ SPOTLIGHT; Venerable building blocks for an impressive library; Decades of excellence are captured in classy collections this year". Los Angeles Times. p. E.56.

[9] Nick Carter (April 7, 2004). "Stuff To Do, To Buy, To Talk About". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1E. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[10] Sauro, Tony (December 8, 2011). "Trove of Brubeck discs hits market". The Record. Stockton, California. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[seattlepi-11] Barbrick, Greg (April 26, 2011). "Music Review: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Box Set". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[12] Carlson, Russell (August 9, 2003). "Columbia Compiles Brubeck". Jazz Times. Retrieved July 23, 2013.

[dedicated-13] "Downbeat". Dave Brubeck Jazz. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

[14] Kristen Bialik (October 11, 2011). "Brubeck's Signature, Signed with Time". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[15] Bowden, Michael (March 10, 2004). "Dave Brubeck Quartet: For All Time". PopMatters. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[Thetemplate-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brubeck, Dave (1962). Countdown—Time in Outer Space (LP Record). Dave Brubeck Quartet. Columbia Records. CS 8575.

[17] Katzif, Michael (September 26, 2008). "Five More In 5/4". npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[18] Hall, Fred (1996). It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story. University of Arkansas Press. p. 62. ISBN 9781610752107.

[19] "Top LPs". Billboard. August 25, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

[whitburn-20] The Billboard Albums, 6th ed. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-89820-166-7

[21] "Santa's Gift Guide". St. Petersburg Times. November 28, 1963. p. 6–G. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

[22] Bufe, Chaz (1994). An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians. SEE SHARPE PRESS. p. 66. ISBN 9781884365003. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

[23] Yanow, Scott. "Dave Brubeck - Countdown: Time in Outer Space". Allmusic. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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-''''' Countdown—Time in Outer Space ''''' is a studio album released by the [[Dave Brubeck]] Quartet in 1962 on Columbia [[LP record]] CS 8575 (stereo) and CL 1775 (mono).<ref name="books.google_a">{{cite news |title=Spotlight Albums of the Week|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=Countdown+Time+in+Outer+Space&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EErpUZSPIYbm8wTxkoDQBA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Countdown%20Time%20in%20Outer%20Space&f=false |newspaper=Billboard |date=May 5, 1962 |page=24|accessdate=21 July 2013}}</ref>  The front cover features the 1959 painting ''Orange and Black Wall'' by [[Franz Kline]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958205262|title=Designed for hi-fi living : the vinyl LP in midcentury America|last=Borgerson|first=Janet|publisher=MIT Press|others=Schroeder, Jonathan E., 1962-, Miller, Daniel, 1954-|year=2017|isbn=9780262036238|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=86-88|oclc=958205262}}</ref>  In Australia the album appeared on the [[Coronet Records|Coronet]] label.<ref name="news.google">{{cite news |title= Dave Brubeck; More Rhythm Experiments |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=74RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gLIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4320,4248055&dq=countdown-time-in-outer-space&hl=en |newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=June 29, 1962|page=4 |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  It was re-released, for the first time in digital format,<ref>{{cite news |title=JAZZ SPOTLIGHT; Venerable building blocks for an impressive library; Decades of excellence are captured in classy collections this year|first=Don |last=Heckman|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 12, 2004 |page=E.56}}</ref> in 2004 as part of a compact disc collection titled ''Dave Brubeck: For All Time.''<ref>{{cite news |title= Stuff To Do, To Buy, To Talk About|author= Nick Carter|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q4I0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=uY4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5343,6053430&dq=countdown-time-in-outer-space&hl=en |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=April 7, 2004|page=1E |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  It was again released as part of the box set ''The Dave Brubeck Quartet: the Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955-1966''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trove of Brubeck discs hits market |first=Tony |last=Sauro |url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111208/A_ENTERTAIN1001/112080308/-1/NEWSMAP |newspaper=The Record |location=Stockton, California |date=December 8, 2011 |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  Both CD re-releases feature a bonus track titled "Fatha".<ref name="seattlepi">{{cite news |title=Music Review: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Box Set |first=Greg |last=Barbrick |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-The-Dave-Brubeck-Quartet-Time-Box-855426.php |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=April 26, 2011 |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/22420-columbia-compiles-brubeck |title=Columbia Compiles Brubeck |last1=Carlson |first1=Russell |date=August 9, 2003 |website=Jazz Times |accessdate=July 23, 2013}}</ref>
+''''' Countdown—Time in Outer Space ''''' is a studio album released by the [[Dave Brubeck]] Quartet in 1962 on Columbia [[LP record]] CS 8575 (stereo) and CL 1775 (mono).<ref name="books.google_a">{{cite news |title=Spotlight Albums of the Week|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Countdown+Time+in+Outer+Space&pg=PA24 |newspaper=Billboard |date=May 5, 1962 |page=24|access-date=21 July 2013}}</ref>  The front cover features the 1959 painting ''Orange and Black Wall'' by [[Franz Kline]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Designed for hi-fi living : the vinyl LP in midcentury America|last=Borgerson|first=Janet|publisher=MIT Press|others=Schroeder, Jonathan E., 1962-, Miller, Daniel, 1954-|year=2017|isbn=9780262036238|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=86–88|oclc=958205262}}</ref>  In Australia the album appeared on the [[Coronet Records|Coronet]] label.<ref name="news.google">{{cite news |title= Dave Brubeck; More Rhythm Experiments |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=74RVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4320,4248055&dq=countdown-time-in-outer-space&hl=en |newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=June 29, 1962|page=4 |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  It was re-released, for the first time in digital format,<ref>{{cite news |title=JAZZ SPOTLIGHT; Venerable building blocks for an impressive library; Decades of excellence are captured in classy collections this year|first=Don |last=Heckman|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 12, 2004 |page=E.56}}</ref> in 2004 as part of a compact disc collection titled ''Dave Brubeck: For All Time.''<ref>{{cite news |title= Stuff To Do, To Buy, To Talk About|author= Nick Carter|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q4I0AAAAIBAJ&pg=5343,6053430&dq=countdown-time-in-outer-space&hl=en |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=April 7, 2004|page=1E |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  It was again released as part of the box set ''The Dave Brubeck Quartet: the Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955-1966''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trove of Brubeck discs hits market |first=Tony |last=Sauro |url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111208/A_ENTERTAIN1001/112080308/-1/NEWSMAP |newspaper=The Record |location=Stockton, California |date=December 8, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  Both CD re-releases feature a bonus track titled "Fatha".<ref name="seattlepi">{{cite news |title=Music Review: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Box Set |first=Greg |last=Barbrick |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-The-Dave-Brubeck-Quartet-Time-Box-855426.php |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/22420-columbia-compiles-brubeck |title=Columbia Compiles Brubeck |last1=Carlson |first1=Russell |date=August 9, 2003 |website=Jazz Times |access-date=July 23, 2013}}</ref>
 ==Recording==
-Dedicated to astronaut [[John Glenn]]<ref name="dedicated">{{cite web|title=Downbeat|url=http://www.davebrubeckjazz.com/media/Articles-&-Interviews/Downbeat|website=Dave Brubeck Jazz|accessdate=8 June 2017|date=1 October 2003}}</ref> the album was another in a series of concept albums studying the exploration of unusual meters and [[polytonality]] within a jazz context.<ref name="books.google_a" />  Recorded between May 3, 1961 and February 12, 1962, it was put on tape in many of the same sessions that appear on ''[[Time Further Out]]''.<ref name="jazzdisco" />  Brubeck encouraged the quartet members towards development of new time signatures for this album.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brubeck's Signature, Signed with Time |author=Kristen Bialik |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/network-awesome/brubecks-signature-signed_b_1004591.html |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=October 11, 2011 |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  The first track, ''Countdown,'' is based on a typical "8 to the bar" boogie, stride piano in the manner of [[Earl Hines]] or [[Teddy Wilson]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/brubeckdave-foralltime/ |title=Dave Brubeck Quartet: For All Time |last1=Bowden |first1=Michael|date=March 10, 2004 |website=PopMatters |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> but with two extra notes added in, giving a meter count of 10.<ref name="Thetemplate">{{cite AV media notes |title=Countdown—Time in Outer Space |others=Dave Brubeck Quartet |year=1962 |first=Dave |last=Brubeck |authorlink=Dave Brubeck |type=LP Record |publisher=Columbia Records|id=CS 8575}}</ref>  [[AC/DC]]'s song ''[[Whole Lotta Rosie]]'' has an opening riff directly mimicking this track.<ref name="seattlepi" />  Michael Katzif considers the track so smoothly played that some people may be unaware of the unusual time signature.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94979223 |title=Five More In 5/4 |last1=Katzif |first1=Michael |date=September 26, 2008 |website=npr.org |publisher=National Public Radio |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  "Eleven Four" uses a pattern of five beats, then two sets of three to create the feel of eleven.<ref name="Thetemplate" />   In the track "Why Phillis" some players stick to 3/4 time, others adhere to 4/4, while others move between the time signatures.  "Someday My Prince Will Come" had been previously recorded by the Quartet before, juxtaposing triple and quadruple meters in the album ''[[Dave Digs Disney]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Fred |title= It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVUx7iTyayAC|accessdate= |year=1996 |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |location= |isbn=9781610752107 |page=62}}</ref> but the track was re-done on this album to further realize the rhythmic possibilities of poly-rhythm, including adding a rhythm of 2/4 to the mix.<ref name="Thetemplate" />  "Castilian Blues" and "Castilian Drums" have time signatures of 5/4, the latter being unsurprisingly a percussion showpiece.<ref name="Thetemplate" />   The next four tracks, "Fast Life," "Waltz Limp," "Three's a Crowd," and "Danse Duet" were written for a ballet entitled "Maiden in the Tower."  Different characters in the performance have themes with different time signatures, and as they interact the interplay and contrasts of the various rhythms are paraded.<ref name="Thetemplate" />  The album's final track, as originally issued, is a standard blues in 4/4 time, hence the title "Back to Earth."<ref name="Thetemplate" />
+Dedicated to astronaut [[John Glenn]]<ref name="dedicated">{{cite web|title=Downbeat|url=http://www.davebrubeckjazz.com/media/Articles-&-Interviews/Downbeat|website=Dave Brubeck Jazz|access-date=8 June 2017|date=1 October 2003}}</ref> the album was another in a series of concept albums studying the exploration of unusual meters and [[polytonality]] within a jazz context.<ref name="books.google_a" />  Recorded between May 3, 1961 and February 12, 1962, it was put on tape in many of the same sessions that appear on ''[[Time Further Out]]''.<ref name="jazzdisco" />  Brubeck encouraged the quartet members towards the development of new time signatures for this album.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brubeck's Signature, Signed with Time |author=Kristen Bialik |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/network-awesome/brubecks-signature-signed_b_1004591.html |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=October 11, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  The first track, "Countdown"'','' is based on a typical "8 to the bar" boogie, stride piano in the manner of [[Earl Hines]] or [[Teddy Wilson]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/brubeckdave-foralltime/ |title=Dave Brubeck Quartet: For All Time |last1=Bowden |first1=Michael|date=March 10, 2004 |website=PopMatters |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref> but with two extra notes added in, giving a meter count of 10.<ref name="Thetemplate">{{cite AV media notes |title=Countdown—Time in Outer Space |others=Dave Brubeck Quartet |year=1962 |first=Dave |last=Brubeck |author-link=Dave Brubeck |type=LP Record |publisher=Columbia Records|id=CS 8575}}</ref>  [[AC/DC]]'s song ''[[Whole Lotta Rosie]]'' has an opening riff directly mimicking this track.<ref name="seattlepi" />  Michael Katzif considers the track so smoothly played that some people may be unaware of the unusual time signature.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94979223 |title=Five More In 5/4 |last1=Katzif |first1=Michael |date=September 26, 2008 |website=npr.org |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  "Eleven Four" uses a pattern of five beats, then two sets of three to create the feel of eleven.<ref name="Thetemplate" />   In the track "Why Phillis" some players stick to {{music|time|3|4}} time, others adhere to {{music|time|4|4}}, while others move between the time signatures.  "[[Someday My Prince Will Come]]" had been previously recorded by the Quartet, juxtaposing triple and quadruple meters in the album ''[[Dave Digs Disney]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Fred |title= It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story|url=https://archive.org/details/itsabouttimedave00hall|url-access=registration |year=1996 |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |isbn=9781610752107 |page=[https://archive.org/details/itsabouttimedave00hall/page/62 62]}}</ref> but the track was re-done on this album to further realize the rhythmic possibilities of poly-rhythm, including adding a rhythm of {{music|time|2|4}} to the mix.<ref name="Thetemplate" />  "Castilian Blues" and "Castilian Drums" have time signatures of {{music|time|5|4}}, the latter being unsurprisingly a percussion showpiece.<ref name="Thetemplate" />   The next four tracks, "Fast Life," "Waltz Limp," "Three's a Crowd," and "Danse Duet" were written for a ballet entitled "Maiden in the Tower."  Different characters in the performance have themes with different time signatures, and as they interact the interplay and contrasts of the various rhythms are paraded.<ref name="Thetemplate" />  The album's final track, as originally issued, is a standard blues in 4/4 time, hence the title "Back to Earth."<ref name="Thetemplate" />
 ==Reception==
-On release, ''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'' expected the album to be "another smash" because of the "persuasive and exciting performances".<ref name="books.google_a" />  Both the monaural and stereo version appeared on the respective ''Billboard'' charts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top LPs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP2&dq=Columbia+CS+8575+Brubeck&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9UrpUY-2BY6c8wSq74DYBA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Columbia%20CS%208575%20Brubeck&f=false|newspaper=Billboard |date=August 25, 1962 |page=2|accessdate=22 July 2013}}</ref>  ''Countdown's'' first appearance on the ''Billboard'' chart was on June 16, 1962.  It reached a peak position of No. 24 and remained on the chart for 21 weeks.<ref name=whitburn>The Billboard Albums, 6th ed. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 149. {{ISBN|0-89820-166-7}}</ref>  ''The St. Petersburg Times'' called the album "modern jazz at its finest."<ref>{{cite news |title=Santa's Gift Guide |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qWNSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=13wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5821,4619336&dq=countdown-time-in-outer-space&hl=en |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=November 28, 1963 |page=6–G |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  Louise Stone recommended the album but found it inferior to Brubeck's [[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]] recordings and ''[[Jazz Goes to College]]''.<ref name="news.google_a" />  The album has been cited as a superior example of utilizing "off" time signatures.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bufe |first=Chaz|title=An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians |url=https://books.google.com/?id=6btiJVGa6D8C&pg=PA66&dq=Countdown+Time+in+Outer+Space#v=onepage&q=Countdown%20Time%20in%20Outer%20Space&f=false |accessdate=July 21, 2013|year=1994 |publisher=SEE SHARPE PRESS |location= |isbn=9781884365003 |page=66}}</ref> ''[[The Age]]'' stated that the album "breaks new ground.""<ref name="news.google" /> ''The Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' called it one of Brubeck's most creative records.<ref name="seattlepi" />
+On release, ''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'' expected the album to be "another smash" because of the "persuasive and exciting performances".<ref name="books.google_a" />  Both the monaural and stereo version appeared on the respective ''Billboard'' charts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top LPs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Columbia+CS+8575+Brubeck&pg=PP2|newspaper=Billboard |date=August 25, 1962 |page=2|access-date=22 July 2013}}</ref>  ''Countdown's'' first appearance on the ''Billboard'' chart was on June 16, 1962.  It reached a peak position of No. 24 and remained on the chart for 21 weeks.<ref name=whitburn>The Billboard Albums, 6th ed. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 149. {{ISBN|0-89820-166-7}}</ref>  ''The St. Petersburg Times'' called the album "modern jazz at its finest."<ref>{{cite news |title=Santa's Gift Guide |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qWNSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5821,4619336&dq=countdown-time-in-outer-space&hl=en |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=November 28, 1963 |page=6–G |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>  Louise Stone recommended the album but found it inferior to Brubeck's [[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]] recordings and ''[[Jazz Goes to College]]''.<ref name="news.google_a" />  The album has been cited as a superior example of utilizing "off" time signatures.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bufe |first=Chaz|title=An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6btiJVGa6D8C&dq=Countdown+Time+in+Outer+Space&pg=PA66 |access-date=July 21, 2013|year=1994 |publisher=SEE SHARPE PRESS |isbn=9781884365003 |page=66}}</ref> ''[[The Age]]'' stated that the album "breaks new ground."<ref name="news.google" /> ''The Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' called it one of Brubeck's most creative records.<ref name="seattlepi" />
 == Track listing ==
 {{Track listing
-| all_writing = Dave Brubeck name except where noted<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/countdown-time-in-outer-space-mw0000868306 |title=Dave Brubeck - Countdown: Time in Outer Space  |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |website=Allmusic|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="jazzdisco" />
+| all_writing = Dave Brubeck except where noted<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/countdown-time-in-outer-space-mw0000868306 |title=Dave Brubeck - Countdown: Time in Outer Space  |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |website=Allmusic|access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="jazzdisco" />
 | extra_column    = Recording date
 | total_length    = 37:52
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 | title3          = Why Phillis
-| writer3         = Eugene Wright
+| writer3         = [[Eugene Wright]]
 | extra3 = June 28, 1961
 | length3         = 2:17
 | title4          = [[Someday My Prince Will Come]]
-| writer4         = Larry Morey, Frank Churchill
+| writer4         = Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
 | extra4 = January 12, 1962
 | length4         = 6:22
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 ==Personnel==
-* Dave Brubeck – piano
+* [[Dave Brubeck]] – piano
-* [[Paul Desmond]] – saxophone
+* [[Paul Desmond]] – alto saxophone
+* [[Eugene Wright]] – bass
 * [[Joe Morello]] – drums
-* [[Eugene Wright]] – double bass<ref name="news.google_a" />
 ==References==
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-[[Category:Instrumental albums]]
+[[Category:1960s instrumental albums]]
 [[Category:Dave Brubeck albums]]
-[[Category:albums produced by Teo Macero]]
+[[Category:Albums produced by Teo Macero]]

v t e Dave Brubeck
Solo albums	Brubeck Plays Brubeck (1956) Plays and Plays and... (1957) Just You, Just Me (1994) A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996) One Alone (2000)
As leader	Dave Brubeck Octet (1950) Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956) Brubeck à la mode (1960) Take Five Live (with Carmen McRae, 1961) The Real Ambassadors (with Louis Armstrong, 1962) Jazz Impressions of New York (1964) Time In (1966) Bravo! Brubeck! (1967) Jackpot! (1968) Two Generations of Brubeck (1973) Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All (1974) 1975: The Duets (with Paul Desmond, 1975) All the Things We Are (1976) In Their Own Sweet Way (1995) Young Lions & Old Tigers (1995) To Hope! A Celebration (1996) The 40th Anniversary Tour of the U.K. (1998)
Dave Brubeck Quartet	The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952) Jazz at Oberlin (1953) Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953) Jazz Goes to College (1954) Brubeck Time (1955) Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (1955) Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1956) Dave Digs Disney (1957) The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (1958) Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958) Newport 1958 (1958) Gone with the Wind (1959) Time Out (1959) Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960) Brubeck and Rushing (with Jimmy Rushing, 1960) Tonight Only! (with Carmen McRae, 1960) Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1961) Time Further Out (1961) Brubeck in Amsterdam (1962) Countdown—Time in Outer Space (1962) Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1963) At Carnegie Hall (1963) Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964) Time Changes (1964) Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964) Angel Eyes (1965) My Favorite Things (1965) Anything Goes! (1966) Buried Treasures (1967) The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967) 25th Anniversary Reunion (1977) Tritonis (1980) Paper Moon (1982) The Great Concerts (1988) So What's New? (1998) The Crossing (2000) Park Avenue South (2002) London Flat, London Sharp (2005)
With Gerry Mulligan	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1973)
Compositions	"In Your Own Sweet Way" "Blue Rondo à la Turk" "Unsquare Dance"
Other works	The Real Ambassadors
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