Down to Earth (Nektar album)

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Down To Earth
Down to Earth (Nektar album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
Nektar
ReleasedOctober 1974
RecordedMarch - April, 1974
StudioChipping Norton Studio, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
GenreProgressive rock
Length37:13
LabelBacillus
ProducerPeter Hauke, Nektar
Nektar chronology
Sunday Night at London Roundhouse
(1974) 		Down To Earth
(1974) 		Recycled
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Down to Earth is the fifth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. A snippet of the song "Show Me the Way" was featured in an episode from the first season of the sitcom The Jeffersons.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Nektar.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Astral Man"3:15
2."Nelly the Elephant"4:57
3."Early Morning Clown"3:22
4."That's Life"6:52
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Fidgety Queen"4:05
6."Oh Willy"4:02
7."Little Boy"3:04
8."Show Me the Way"5:55
9."Finale"1:41

Charts[]

Chart (1974/75) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 32
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 93

Personnel[]

  • Roye Albrighton- guitar, lead vocals
  • Mick Brockett - lights
  • Allan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ron Howden - drums, percussion
  • Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals

Guests:

  • P. P. Arnold - backing vocals
  • Phil Brown - bass tuba
  • Robert Calvert - ringmaster
  • Ron Carthy - 2nd trumpet
  • Kenneth Cole - backing vocals
  • Steve Gregory - tenor saxophone
  • Butch Hudson - 1st trumpet
  • Chris Mercer - baritone & tenor saxophones
  • Chris Pyne - trombone
  • Stephen Wick - tuba
  • Dieter Dierks - special effects
  • Chipping Norton Mandies - choir (2-9)

Production[]

  • Produced By Peter Hauke & Nektar
  • Recorded & Engineered By Barry Hammond

References[]

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 214. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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