Midnight Wire

Midnight Wire
Studio album by Curved Air
Released	1975
Recorded	August 1975
Studio	Ramport Studios, London[1]
Genre	Progressive rock, Folk rock
Length	35:18[2]
Label	BTM
Producer	Ron and Howard Albert for FAT Productions
Curved Air chronology
Curved Air – Live (1975) Midnight Wire (1975) Airborne (1976)

Midnight Wire is the fifth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1975. It marked another line-up change in the band, with Darryl Way and Sonja Kristina recruiting new musicians after the end of the reunion tour marked by the Curved Air - Live album. Kristina's friend Norma Tager, who had helped design the costumes she wore on stage from Curved Air's reunion in 1974 to their breakup in 1976,^[3] contributed all the lyrics to the songs.

Background and recording[]

The album's recording was marked by intense and bitter arguments between the band and producers Ron and Howard Albert, who often vehemently criticized the band members.^[4]

Track listing[]

Side one[]

1. "Woman On A One Night Stand" (Sonja Kristina, Norma Tager) – 5:06
2. "Day Breaks My Heart" (Darryl Way, Tager) – 4:38
3. "The Fool" (Way, Mick Jacques, Tager) – 4:27
4. "Pipe of Dreams" (Jacques) – 3:58

Side two[]

1. "Orange Street Blues" (Way, Tager) – 5:01
2. "Dance of Love" (Jacques, Way, Tager) – 4:36
3. "Midnight Wire" (Way, Tager) – 7:32

Personnel[]

Curved Air

• Sonja Kristina – lead vocals
• Darryl Way – violin
• Mick Jacques – guitars
• Stewart Copeland – drums

Guest musicians

• John G. Perry – bass guitar
• – keyboards
• Derek Damain – backing vocals on "The Fool"

Technical

• Will Reid-Dick - engineer
• Bob Searles, Liz Gilmore - sleeve design

"Thanks to Beric Wickens, Carolann Nicholls, Ian Copeland, Miles Copeland, Moray McMillin, Nick Blackburn"

References[]