Feels Good to Me
Feels Good to Me is the 1978 debut solo album by the British drummer Bill Bruford. The band Bruford grew out of the line-up assembled for this album. Led by drummer Bill Bruford, the album features guitarists Allan Holdsworth and John Goodsall, bassist Jeff Berlin, keyboardist Dave Stewart and ECM flügelhorn stalwart Kenny Wheeler. He also enlisted singer and songwriter Annette Peacock. Musically, the album does not sound like the early Canterbury scene but is more reminiscent of contemporaries Brand X, whose keyboardist Robin Lumley co-produced the album.
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| Released | January 1978 | |||
| Recorded | August 1977 | |||
| Studio | Trident Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 46:58 | |||
| Label | EG/Polydor | |||
| Producer | Robin Lumley, Bill Bruford | |||
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Reception
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In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek praised the way the performers handled the material, and opined that "Bruford has yet to issue a solo recording as powerful as Feels Good to Me."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beelzebub" | Bill Bruford | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Back to the Beginning" | Bruford | 7:09 |
| 3. | "Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Part One)" | Bruford | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Seems Like a Lifetime Ago (Part Two)" | Bruford | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Sample and Hold" | Bruford, Dave Stewart | 5:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Feels Good to Me" | Bruford | 3:49 |
| 7. | "Either End of August" | Bruford | 5:27 |
| 8. | "If You Can't Stand the Heat..." | Bruford, Stewart | 3:20 |
| 9. | "Springtime in Siberia" | Bruford, Stewart | 2:43 |
| 10. | "Adios a la pasada (Goodbye to the Past)" | Bruford, Annette Peacock | 7:55 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Joe Frazier" (live) | Jeff Berlin | 4:39 |
Personnel
- Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
- Allan Holdsworth – electric guitar
- Dave Stewart – keyboards
- Jeff Berlin – bass
with
- Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn (on tracks 3, 7, 9)
- Annette Peacock – vocals (2, 3, 10)
- John Goodsall – additional guitar (6)
- John Clark – additional guitar (11)
- Neil Murray – additional bass
- Production
- Produced by Robin Lumley & Bill Bruford
- Tape operators: John Brand, Colin Green, Stephen Short
- Engineer: Stephen W Tayler
- Equipment technicians: Peter Revill, Mick Rossi
References
- Jurek, Tom. Bill Bruford: Feels Good to Me > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2020.