{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Upon Reflection | type = Album | artist = John Surman | cover = Upon Reflection.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1979}} | recorded = {{Start date|1979|05}} | venue = | studio = Talent Studio<br>Oslo, Norway | genre = Jazz | length = 45:04 | label = ECM 1148 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = John Surman | prev_title = Sonatinas | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon | next_year = 1981 }}
'''''Upon Reflection''''' is a solo album by English reed player and composer John Surman, recorded in May 1979 and released on ECM later that same year.<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1148.php? ECM discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907214116/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1148.php |date=2012-09-07 }} accessed September 14, 2011</ref>
==Reception== The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "an atmospheric solo set that utilizes overdubbing (although leaving space for unaccompanied solo sections)... Fortunately there is enough variety in this generally quiet music to hold one's interest."<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/upon-reflection-r148390 AllMusic Review] accessed September 14, 2011</ref> {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">Richard Cook and Brian Morton, ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette'' (Penguin, 1992: {{ISBN|978-0-14-015364-4}}).</ref> }}
== Track listing == {{Track | all_writing = John Surman | headline = Side one | title1 = Edges of Illusion | length1 = 10:10 | title2 = Filigree | length2 = 3:41 | title3 = Caithness to Kerry | length3 = 3:51 | title4 = Beyond a Shadow | length4 = 6:40 | total_length = 24:22 }}{{Track | headline = Side two | title1 = Prelude and Rustic Dance | length1 = 5:14 | title2 = The Lamplighter | length2 = 6:19 | title3 = Following Behind | length3 = 1:24 | title4 = Constellation | length4 = 8:16 | total_length = 21:13 45:35 }}
==Personnel== *John Surman – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, synthesizer
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Category:ECM Records albums Category:John Surman albums Category:1979 albums Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher