Rhapsodies (album)
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Rhapsodies | ||||
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Studio album by Rick Wakeman | ||||
Released | May 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1978-79 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 67:14 | |||
Label | A&M, A&M SP-6501 | |||
Producer | Tony Visconti | |||
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Smash Hits | 4/10[2] |
Rhapsodies is a double LP by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "Pedra da Gavea" – 4:11
- "Front Line" – 3:42
- "Bombay Duck" – 3:14
- "Animal Showdown (Yes We Have No Bananas)" – 2:40 (Wakeman, Frank Silver, Irving Cohn)
- "Big Ben" – 3:48
Side two
- "Rhapsody in Blue" – 5:26 (George Gershwin; arranged by Tony Visconti)
- "Wooly Willy Tango" – 3:24
- "The Pulse" – 5:21
- "Swan Lager" – 2:50 (music taken from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Grieg's pianoforte "Concerto in A Minor"; arranged Rick Wakeman)
Side three
- "March of the Gladiators" – 4:53
- "Flacons de Neige" – 5:01
- "The Flasher" – 5:32
- "The Palais" – 2:23
Side four
- "Stand-By" – 3:30
- "Sea Horses" – 3:52
- "Half Holiday" – 3:00
- "Summertime" – 4:27 (George Gershwin; arranged Rick Wakeman)
- "Credits" - 2:39
Personnel
- Rick Wakeman - keyboards, likely vocals and vocoder on "Pedra da Gavea".
- Bruce Lynch - bass guitars
- Frank Gibson, Jr. - drums and percussion
- Nico Ramsden - electric guitar
- Tony Visconti - acoustic guitar.
References
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