Blue Angel (Strawbs album)

Infobox Album
Name = Blue Angel
Type = studio
Artist = Strawbs


Released = 2003
Recorded = start date|2002|10
Genre = progressive rock
Length = 55:58
Label = Witchwood
Producer = Dave Cousins, Brian Willoughby, Chas Cronk
Reviews =
*All Music Guide rating|2.5|5 [http://wm11.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfqxq8aldfe link]
Last album = ""
(2003)
This album = "Blue Angel"
(2003)
Next album = "Déjà Fou"
(2004)

"Blue Angel" is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It was the first Strawbs album to contain new material for 12 years and featured several different line-ups of musicians from past Strawbs eras. Welsh folk-singer Mary Hopkin featured on many tracks, continuing a working partnership established by Dave Cousins and Brian Willoughby on their album "The Bridge", from which several of the tracks on this album are drawn.

The track "Blue Angel" is a rearrangement of the track which appears on Dave Cousins' first solo album "Two Weeks Last Summer". "Lay Down" is a re-recorded version of the hit single from "Bursting at the Seams".

Track listing

#"Blue Angel" (Dave Cousins) – 11:13
#:"Divided"
#:"Half Worlds Apart"
#:"At Rest"
#"Oh So Sleepy" (Cousins) – 3:44
#"Further Down the Road" (Cousins) – 3:25
#"There Will Come the Day" (Cousins, Don Airey) – 6:05
#"Strange Day Over the Hill" (Cousins) – 3:56
#"Cry No More" (Cousins, Brian Willoughby)) – 3:18
#"The Plain" (Cousins) – 5:48
#"Do You Remember" (Cousins, Willoughby) – 3:12
#"Rhythm of the Night" (Cousins) – 3:19
#"Morning Glory" (Cousins) – 4:52
#"Sealed With a Traitor's Kiss" (Cousins) – 2:57
#"Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:09

Bonus track

#"The King" (Cousins) – 2:38

Personnel

*Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano (11)
*Brian Willoughby – electric guitar
*Dave Lambert – guitar (2,9), vocals (2,9)
*Blue Weaver – keyboards except 11 and "The King", programming (4), orchestration (10)
*Andy Richards – keyboards ("The King")
*Rod Demick – backing vocals (1,4,5,12), bass guitar (1,4,5,12), harmonica (5)
*Richard Hudson – backing vocals (1,4,5,12), drums (1,5,12)
*Chas Cronk – bass guitar (2,3,6,8,9,10,"The King"), backing vocals (4,9,"The King"), bass pedals (7), programming (7,8)
*Rod Coombes – drums (2,9)
*Tony Fernandez – drums (3,10,"The King"), tom-toms (7)

with

*Mary Hopkin – vocals (1,3,4,6,8,10,12)
*Cathryn Craig – vocals (4)
*Terry Cassidy – vocals (4)
*Jana Heller – vocals (9)
*Roy Hill – vocals (9)
*Tommy Lundy – vocals (9)
*Maddy Prior – vocals ("The King")
*Rick Kemp – vocals ("The King")

Recording

*Dave Cousins, Brian Willoughby, Chas Cronk – producers
*Mixed by Dave Cousins and Kenny Denton at KD's Studio, Chiswick, London, October 2002

Release history

References

* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_blue.htm "Blue Angel" on Strawbsweb]
*Sleeve notes to CD WMCD 2008 "Blue Angel"