Blue Angel (Strawbs album)

Blue Angel
Studio album by Strawbs
Released	2003
Recorded	October 2002 (2002-10)
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	55:58
Label	Witchwood
Producer	Dave Cousins, Brian Willoughby, Chas Cronk
Strawbs chronology
Tears and Pavan (2002) Blue Angel (2003) Déjà Fou (2004)

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Blue Angel is the 15th studio album by English band Strawbs. It was the first Strawbs album in 12 years to contain new material 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. "Sealed With a Traitor's Kiss" is a rearrangement of a track which appears on 1978 studio album Deadlines. The bonus track is the original 1979 version - also released as a single - of a track which later appeared on the 1991 studio album Ringing Down the Years.

Track listing[]

1. "Blue Angel" (Dave Cousins) – 11:13

   "Divided"

   "Half Worlds Apart"

   "At Rest"

2. "Oh So Sleepy" (Cousins) – 3:44
3. "Further Down the Road" (Cousins) – 3:25
4. "There Will Come the Day" (Cousins, Don Airey) – 6:05
5. "Strange Day Over the Hill" (Cousins) – 3:56
6. "Cry No More" (Cousins, Brian Willoughby) – 3:18
7. "The Plain" (Cousins) – 5:48
8. "Do You Remember" (Cousins, Willoughby) – 3:12
9. "Rhythm of the Night" (Cousins) – 3:19
10. "Morning Glory" (Cousins) – 4:52
11. "Sealed With a Traitor's Kiss" (Cousins) – 2:57
12. "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:09

Bonus track[]

1. "The King" (Cousins) – 2:38

Personnel[]

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano (11)
• Brian Willoughby – electric guitar
• Dave Lambert – electric guitar (2,9), vocals (2,9)
• Blue Weaver – keyboards (except 11 and 13), 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)
• Chas Cronk – bass guitar (2,3,6,8,9,10,"The King"), backing vocals (4,9,"The King"), bass pedals (7), programming (7,8)
• Richard Hudson – backing vocals (1,4,5,12), drums (1,5,12)
• Rod Coombes – drums (2,9)
• Tony Fernandez – drums (3,10,"The King"), tom-toms (7)

Additional personnel

• 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[]

• Blue Angel on Strawbsweb
• Sleeve notes to CD WMCD 2008 Blue Angel

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