Rhapsodies (album)

Rhapsodies
Studio album by Rick Wakeman
Released May 1979
Recorded 1978-79; La Grange Studios; Mountain Studios, Switzerland
Genre Progressive rock
Length 67:14
Label A&M SP-6501
Producer Tony Visconti
Rick Wakeman chronology
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record
(1977)Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record1977		 Rhapsodies
(1979)		 The Burning
(1981)The Burning1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Smash Hits4/10[2]

Rhapsodies is a double LP by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Pedra da Gavea" – 4:11
  2. "Front Line" – 3:42
  3. "Bombay Duck" – 3:14
  4. "Animal Showdown (Yes We Have No Bananas)" – 2:40 (Wakeman, Frank Silver, Irving Cohn)
  5. "Big Ben" – 3:48

Side two

  1. "Rhapsody in Blue" – 5:26 (George Gershwin; arranged by Tony Visconti)
  2. "Wooly Willy Tango" – 3:24
  3. "The Pulse" – 5:21
  4. "Swan Lager" – 2:50 (music taken from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Grieg's pianoforte "Concerto in A Minor"; arranged and adapted by Rick Wakeman)

Side three

  1. "March of the Gladiators" – 4:53
  2. "Flacons de Neige" – 5:01
  3. "The Flasher" – 5:32
  4. "The Palais" – 2:23

Side four

  1. "Stand-By" – 3:30
  2. "Sea Horses" – 3:52
  3. "Half Holiday" – 3:00
  4. "Summertime" – 4:27 (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward; arranged by Rick Wakeman)
  5. "Credits" - 2:39


Charts

Chart Peak position
Norway (1979) 15[3]
UK Albums Chart (1979) 25[4]
United States Billboard 200 (1979) 170[5]

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, engineer
Technical
  • David K. Richards - assistant engineer
  • Michael Ross - album design
  • Paul Wakefield - photography

References

  1. ↑ Raiteri, Stephen (2011). "Rhapsodies - Rick Wakeman | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (June 14–27, 1979): 25.
  3. ↑ http://tsort.info/music/3rbt8v.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/white%20rock/
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/365039/rick-wakeman/chart


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