Cycles is the second album by cellist David Darling, recorded in 1981 and released on ECM the following year.

[1] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Darling and his sidemen give the music a wide variety of sounds.

However, the sleepy mood is very much in the stereotypical ECM mold, making this set mostly of interest for selected tastes.

"[2] All tracks are written by David Darling, except as noted.