{{Infobox album | name = Inner Knowledge | type = studio | artist = Paban Das Baul | cover = Inner Knowledge - Paban Das Baul (1997).jpg | alt = album cover | released = {{start date|1997|11|4}} | recorded = 1995 | venue = Real World Studios, England | studio = Real World Studios | genre = {{hlist|folk|world|country}} | length = {{duration|m=66|s=27}} | label = Real World Records | producer = Michael Brook | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Music of the Honey Gatherers | next_year = 2010 }} '''''Inner Knowledge''''' is the debut solo studio album by Bengali Baul singer and musician Paban Das Baul. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 4 November 1997 by Real World Records and was produced by Michael Brook.{{r|RWR}}
==Production and recording== The tracks used for the album were recorded in 1995 recording week at Real World Studios in England.{{r|RWR}}
==Release and reception== {{Album reviews |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{r|AllMusic}} }} The album was released in the United Kingdom on 4 November 1997 by Real World Records. The album was re-released on 4 December 2006 by Womad Select.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = | total_length = 66:27
| title1 = Paramey Param | note1 = Bliss | writer1 = | lyrics1 = | music1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 05:19
| title2 = Nodi Bhora | note2 = River Full of Waves | writer2 = | lyrics2 = | music2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 06:45
| title3 = Premer Iskuley | note3 = School of Love | writer3 = | lyrics3 = | music3 = | extra3 = | length3 = 06:40
| title4 = Gour Milena | note4 = Holy Marks | writer4 = | lyrics4 = | music4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 05:01
| title5 = Dhire Dhire | note5 = Row Your Boat Steadily | writer5 = | lyrics5 = | music5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 08:53
| title6 = Gharer Karigar | note6 = Your Architect is Inside You | writer6 = | lyrics6 = | music6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 10:34
| title7 = Sahajey Pagol | note7 = Easily Mad | writer7 = | lyrics7 = | music7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 05:27
| title8 = Khejur Gachey Hari | note8 = Tie My Spirit to the Date Palm Tree | writer8 = | lyrics8 = | music8 = | extra8 = | length8 = 08:01
| title9 = Mojar Karkhana | note9 = Strange Factory | writer9 = | lyrics9 = | music9 = | extra9 = | length9 = 09:47 }}
==Personnel== Adapted from the 1997 release{{r|RWR}}
* Paban Das Baul – lead vocals, khamak, dotara, dubki * Subal Das Baul – vocals * Nitya Gopal Das – vocals, dotara, khamak * Tinkori Chakravarty – dubki * Mimlu Sen – ektara, cymbals
;Additional personnel * Ben Findlay – recorded and mixed {{small|(all but 5)}} * Tchad Blake – recorded and mixed {{small|(5)}} * Anna-Karin Sundin – Graphic design * Carlos Muñoz-Yagüe – photography * Vince Goodsell – instruments photography * Stephen Lovell-Davis – the front cover, back inlay photography * Mimlu Sen – sleeve notes
==References== <references>
<ref name="RWR">{{cite web |title=Inner Knowledge |url=https://realworldrecords.com/releases/inner-knowledge/ |publisher=Real World Records |accessdate=13 October 2020 |date=4 November 1997}}</ref> <ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=Paban Das Baul : Inner Knowledge |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/inner-knowledge-mw0000934735 |website=AllMusic |publisher=RhythmOne |accessdate=13 October 2020}}</ref>
</references>
==External links== * {{WorldCat|oclc=63548459|name=Inner Knowledge}} * {{Allmusic}} * {{Discogs release|4422998}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=4e3ed4db-bf31-4745-a53c-6e25de8d1401|name=Inner Knowledge}}
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Category:1997 debut albums Category:Paban Das Baul albums Category:Real World Records albums Category:Albums produced by Michael Brook