- Boulders (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Boulders
Type =Album
Artist =Roy Wood
Released = 1973
Recorded = |1969-71
Genre = Rock
Length = 38:53
Label = |EMI
Producer = Roy Wood
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:db6ktr39kl7x link]
Highest chart position =
Last album =
This album = "Boulders"
(1973)
Next album = "Mustard"
(1975)"Boulders" is the first solo album by
Roy Wood . Apart from harmonium on track 1 played by John Kurlander, all the instruments (including guitars, cello, saxophone recorders) and voices were by Wood, who also wrote and produced the whole album. The front cover also featured a self-portrait, albeit unfinished.Most of the album had been recorded while Wood was still fronting
The Move , although it was not released until he had left theElectric Light Orchestra and was frontingWizzard . Two singles were taken from the album, ‘When Gran’ma Plays the Banjo’/’Wake Up’ (February 1972), and ‘Dear Elaine’/’Songs of Praise’ (August 1973). The latter reached No. 18 in the UK charts."Rock Down Low" and "The Locomotive" were sometimes featured by Wizzard in their live performances.
"Songs of Praise" was recorded by the
New Seekers and reached the last six for the British entry to the 1972Eurovision Song Contest .‘Boulders’ was reissued on CD by EMI/Harvest on
August 27 ,2007 .Track listing
#"Songs of Praise" – 4:40
#"Wake Up" – 3:19
#"Rock Down Low" – 3:25
#"Nancy Sing me a Song" – 3:28
#"Dear Elaine " – 4:09
#"Medley: All the Way Over the Hill/Irish Loafer (And His Hen) ” – 4:49
#"Miss Clarke and the Computer" – 4:20
#"When Gran’ma Plays the Banjo" – 3:12
#"Rock Medley: “Rockin’ Shoes”/”She’s Too Good for Me”/”The Locomotive" – 7:31
#"Dear Elaine (Rough Mix)" – 4:12 [Bonus track on the 2007 reissue]
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