The Battle of Hastings (album)

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The Battle of Hastings
Studio album by Caravan
Released	28 September 1995
Recorded	April 1995 – May 1995
Genre	Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, hard rock
Length	52:21
Label	Castle
Producer	Julian Gordon-Hastings
Caravan chronology
The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales (1994) The Battle of Hastings (1995) Travelling Man (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The Battle of Hastings is the twelfth album by the British Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1995.^[2]

Track listing[]

1. "It's a Sad, Sad Affair" (Pye Hastings) – 3:23
2. "Somewhere in Your Heart" (Hastings) – 5:42
3. "Cold as Ice" (Hastings) – 4:09
4. "Liar" (Hastings) – 6:07
5. "Don't Want Love" (Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings) – 6:48
6. "Travelling Ways" (Dave Sinclair) – 3:51
7. "This Time" (Hastings) – 5:19
8. "If It Wasn't for Your Ego" (Hastings) – 3:36
9. "It's Not Real" (Hastings) – 5:29
10. "Wendy Wants Another 6" Mole" (Hastings) – 2:25
11. "I Know Why You're Laughing" (Hastings) – 5:32

Personnel[]

Caravan

• Pye Hastings – lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, Leslie guitar, harmony vocals
• Geoff Richardson – viola, violin, clarinet, acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin, tambourine, wind, kalimba, shaker, amplifiers, harmony vocals
• Dave Sinclair – keyboards, harmony vocals
• Jim Leverton – bass guitar, harmony vocals; lead vocals on "Travelling Ways"
• Richard Coughlan – drums

Additional personnel

• Jimmy Hastings – flute, piccolo flute, alto flute, bass flute, clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax

Releases information[]

• 1999: Castle 520
• 1996: CD HTD 41
• 2002: CD Castle 72042
• 1995: CD Castle 41

References[]

External links[]

• Calyx, The Canterbury Website
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album review by Bruce Eder, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com