Back to Front (Caravan album)

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Back to Front
Caravan Back to Front.jpg
Studio album by
Caravan
ReleasedJuly 1982
RecordedNovember 1981-January 1982
StudioOak Studios, Herne Bay, Kent
GenreProgressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length42:53
LabelKingdom
ProducerCaravan
Caravan chronology
The Album
(1981) 		Back to Front
(1982) 		BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]

Back to Front is the tenth album by English progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1982. Back to Front featured the original lineup of Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair and David Sinclair after 1971's In the Land of Grey and Pink and is the last studio album to feature that lineup.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Back to Herne Bay Front"Richard Sinclair5:55
2."Bet You Wanna Take It All / Hold On, Hold On"Pye Hastings5:20
3."A.A. Man"Richard Sinclair5:02
4."Videos of Hollywood"John Murphy, Dave Sinclair5:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sally Don't Change It"Dave Sinclair4:06
2."All Aboard"Hastings4:08
3."Taken My Breath Away"Hastings4:52
4."Proper Job / Back to Front"Dave Sinclair8:19

Personnel[]

Caravan
  • Pye Hastings – lead vocals (tracks A2, B2-4), guitar; guitar solo (track B4)
  • Dave Sinclair – piano, organ, Minimoog and Prophet synthesizers; lead vocals (track B1)
  • Richard Sinclair – lead vocals (tracks A1, A3 & A4), bass guitar; guitar solo on "A.A. Man" (track A3)
  • Richard Coughlan – drums and percussion; talking voice (track B4)
Additional personnel
  • Saxophone solos by Mel Collins
  • Recorded by Graeme Quinton-Jones and Jeremy Darby

Release information[]

  • LP Kingdom 5011 (1982)
  • CD Eclectic 1010 (2004 remaster)
  • CD Eclectic 230448 (2005 remaster)

References[]

  1. ^ Kurtz, Peter. "Back to Front - Caravan | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

External links[]

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