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)
Rhapsodies
(1979)
The Burning
(1981)
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

Personnel

Technical

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.


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