- Moroccan Roll
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Moroccan Roll Studio album by Brand X Released April 1977 Recorded December 1976–January 1977 at Trident Studios, London Genre Jazz fusion Length 49:30 Label Charisma (UK)
Passport (USA)Producer Dennis MacKay Brand X chronology Unorthodox Behaviour
(1976)Moroccan Roll
(1977)Livestock
(1977)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by Brand X. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll". The album is mostly instrumental; only "Sun in the Night" is sung by Phil Collins.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "Sun in the Night" (Goodsall) – 4:25
- "Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)..." (Collins) – 11:16
- "...Maybe I'll Lend You Mine after All" (Collins) – 2:10
- "Hate Zone" (Goodsall) – 4:41
- "Collapsar" (Lumley) – 1:33
Side two
- "Disco Suicide" (Lumley) – 7:55
- "Orbits" (Jones) – 1:38
- "Malaga Virgen" (Jones) – 8:28
- "Macrocosm" (Goodsall) – 7:24
Personnel
- John Goodsall – guitar, bass, vocals, sitar, echo
- Percy Jones – bass, autoharp, harp, marimba
- Robin Lumley - keyboards, piano, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer, vocals
- Phil Collins – drums, vocals (1), piano
- Morris Pert – percussion
Production
- Produced by Dennis MacKay
- Engineered and mixed by 'Perdurabo' Stephen W. Tayler
- Mastered by Ray Staff
Charts
Year Chart Position 1977 UK Album Chart 37[2] References
- ^ Connolly, Dave. "Moroccan Roll - Brand X | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2575. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Brand X - Moroccan Roll". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=4091. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
External links
- "Brand X (3) - Moroccan Roll at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Brand-X-Moroccan-Roll/master/34861. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
Brand X Chuck Burgi · Mike Clark · Phil Collins · Kenwood Dennard · John Giblin · John Goodsall
Percy Jones · Frank Katz · Robin Lumley · Morris Pert · Pierre MoerlenStudio albums Unorthodox Behaviour · Moroccan Roll · Masques · Product · Do They Hurt? · Is There Anything About? · X-Communication · Manifest DestinyLive albums Livestock · TimelineCompilation albums X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective · Missing Period · TrilogyCategories:- 1977 albums
- Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
- Brand X albums
- Charisma Records albums
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