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{{Infobox album
| name       = Out of the Woods
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Oregon (band)|Oregon]]
| cover      = Oregon_Out_of_the_Woods.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April {{Start date|df=yes|1978}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=42|s=37}}
| label      = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| producer   = Oregon
| prev_title = Violin
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = Roots in the Sky
| next_year  = 1978
}}
'''''Out of the Woods''''' is a studio album by the American jazz group [[Oregon (band)|Oregon]] released in April 1978. The album peaked at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart the same year.<ref name=allmusicawards>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-of-the-woods-mw0000616438/awards |title=Out of the Woods - Oregon &#124; Awards &#124; AllMusic |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-of-the-woods-mw0000616438 |title=Out of the Woods - Oregon Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards AllMusic  |work=allmusic.com  |accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[All About Jazz]]''
| rev1Score = (very favorable)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=24482 |title=Oregon: Out of the Woods |first=J. Glenn |last=Miller |date=25 January 2007 |work=allaboutjazz.com |accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref>
}}
The ''[[Bay State Banner]]'' wrote that "Oregon's acoustic beauty and mastery of such difficult reed instruments as the English horn and the oboe are impressive, as are the harmonic abilities of guitarist Ralph Towner."<ref>{{cite news |title=Shades of Blue |work=Bay State Banner |issue=3 |date=26 Oct 1978 |page=17}}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Yellow Bell" <small>(Ralph Towner)</small> – 7:02
# "Fall 77" <small>(Glen Moore)</small> – 4:26
# "Reprise" <small>(Ralph Towner)</small> – 1:02
# "Cane Fields" <small>(Paul McCandless)</small> – 4:35
# "Dance to the Morning Star" <small>(Collin Walcott)</small> – 5:36
# "Vision of a Dancer" <small>(Ralph Towner)</small> – 4:03
# "Story Telling" <small>(Collin Walcott)</small> – 1:03
# "Waterwheel" <small>(Ralph Towner)</small> – 6:26
# "Witchi-Tai-To" <small>([[Jim Pepper]])</small> – 8:24
== Personnel==
; Musicians
* [[Paul McCandless]] – [[bass clarinet]], [[English horn]], [[oboe]]
* [[Glen Moore]] – bass, guitar
* [[Ralph Towner]] – [[flugelhorn]], guitar, [[12 String guitar]], [[classical guitar]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], [[piano]]
* [[Collin Walcott]] – guitar, percussion, [[sitar]], [[tabla]]
; Other credits
* Hayward Connor – liner notes
* Ron Coro – design
* Joe Gastwirt – mastering
* David Greene – engineer
* Jesse Henderson – associate engineer
* Johnny Lee – design
* Matt Murray – associate engineer
* Boe Overlock – photography
* David Wilcox – illustrations
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Chart !! Position
|-
|1978
|''Billboard'' Jazz Albums
|align="center"|17<ref name=allmusicawards/>
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Oregon (band)}}
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[[Category:Oregon (band) albums]]
[[Category:1978 albums]]