Rhapsodies (album)

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Rhapsodies
Rhapsodies Rick Wakeman.jpg
Studio album by
Rick Wakeman
ReleasedMay 1979
Recorded1978–79
StudioLa Grange; Mountain, Switzerland
GenreProgressive rock
Length70:17
LabelA&M SP-6501
ProducerTony Visconti
Rick Wakeman chronology
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record
(1977) 		Rhapsodies
(1979) 		The Burning
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Smash Hits4/10[2]

Rhapsodies is a double LP by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M and reached no. 25 in the UK. Described by Wakeman as "probably the most confusing I have ever made" due to the range of styles, it contains generally shorter tracks than his previous work to date, the longest being 5.32. All of his previous non soundtrack albums had contained at least 2 tracks over 7 minutes long.

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Rick Wakeman; except where noted.

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pedra da Gavea" 4:11
2."Front Line" 3:42
3."Bombay Duck" 3:14
4."Animal Showdown (Yes We Have No Bananas)"Wakeman, Frank Silver, Irving Cohn2:40
5."Big Ben" 3:48
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Rhapsody in Blue"George Gershwin; arranged by Tony Visconti5:26
7."Wooly Willy Tango" 3:24
8."The Pulse" 5:21
9."Swan Lager"music taken from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Grieg's pianoforte "Concerto in A Minor"; arranged and adapted by Rick Wakeman2:50
Side 3
No.TitleLength
10."March of the Gladiators"4:53
11."Flacons de Neige"5:01
12."The Flasher"5:32
13."The Palais"2:23
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Stand-By" 3:30
15."Sea Horses" 3:52
16."Half Holiday" 3:00
17."Summertime"George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward; arranged by Rick Wakeman4:27
18."Credits" 2:39

Charts[]

Chart Peak position
Norway (1979) 15[3]
UK Albums Chart (1979) 25[4]
United States Billboard 200 (1979) 170[5]

Personnel[]

  • Rick Wakeman - keyboards, vocals and vocoder on "Pedra da Gavea".
  • Nico Ramsden - electric guitar
  • Tony Visconti - acoustic guitar, engineer
  • Bruce Lynch - bass guitars
  • Frank Gibson, Jr. - drums and percussion
Technical
  • David K. Richards - assistant engineer
  • Michael Ross - album design
  • Paul Wakefield - photography

References[]

  1. ^ Raiteri, Stephen. "Rhapsodies - Rick Wakeman". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (June 14–27, 1979): 25.
  3. ^ http://tsort.info/music/3rbt8v.htm
  4. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/white%20rock/
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/365039/rick-wakeman/chart



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