A Troubled Resting Place

A Troubled Resting Place (1996) is a compilation album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. The first five tracks were originally released on multi-artist compilations. The sixth and final track is Rich’s 1994 mini-CD release Night Sky Replies.

In spite of the wide variety of sources of the material in this compilation, there is a constant style throughout the album. It consists of dark, turbulent organic atmospheres.

Track listing

 * 1) ”The Simorgh Sleeps on Velvet Tongues” – 10:14
 * (Originally released on The Throne of Drones, 1995.)
 * 1) ”Calling by Stormlight” – 5:10
 * (Originally released on Twilight Earth II, 1995.)
 * 1) ”Buoyant on Motionless Deluge” – 8:00
 * (Originally released on Swarm of Drones, 1995.)
 * 1) ”Bioelectric Plasma” – 16:42
 * (Originally released on DeepNet, 1996.)
 * 1) ”Black Skies” – 5:19
 * (Originally released on The Promises of Silences, 1993)
 * 1) ”Night Sky Replies”
 * 2) ”A Ripple of Sand” – 3:22
 * 3) ”Night Spinning Inward” – 6:28
 * 4) A Wheel Questions the Ground” – 7:10
 * 5) ”The Night Sky Replies” – 4:20
 * (Originally released on Night Sky Replies, 1994)