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Released
  
Nov 28, 2000

Alive, 1990 (1995)
  
Reborn (2000)

Release date
  
28 November 2000

Label
  
Mystic Records

Length
  
72:58

Artist
  
Curved Air

Producer
  
Francis Monkman

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Recorded
  
23 September 1990 live at The Town and Country Club 2, London

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Folk rock

Similar
  
Lovechild, Live at the BBC, Midnight Wire, Airborne, Second Album

Alive, 1990 is a recording from the Curved Air reunion concert 23 September 1990. The lineup reunited Sonja Kristina, Francis Monkman, Florian Pilkington-Miksa and Darryl Way, sixteen years after the last time all four of them played together.

Contents

Aside from the ambient introductory piece "Twenty Years On", all the material was taken from Curved Air's first three albums, with a particular emphasis on the debut album. Most of the running time is devoted to songs from the debut album.

The introductory track, "Twenty Years On", was taken from an audience recording on a mono cassette recorder, and hence is of exceptionally poor sound quality. Since the album was compiled chiefly for fans of the group, it was decided that it would be better to include a low-quality recording of the intro than none at all.

Track listing

  1. "Twenty Years on (Intro)" (Francis Monkman, Darryl Way) – 4:11
  2. "It Happened Today" (Sonja Kristina, Monkman) – 5:31
  3. "Stretch" (Monkman, Way) – 4:29
  4. "Hide and Seek" (Kristina, Way) – 6:52
  5. "Marie Antoinette" (Kristina, Way) – 7:04
  6. "Melinda (More or Less)" (Kristina) – 4:14
  7. "Situations" (Rob Martin, Way) – 5:43
  8. "Young Mother" (Kristina, Way) – 7:06
  9. "You Know" (Kristina, Way) – 3:45
  10. "Propositions" (Monkman) – 5:15
  11. "Vivaldi" (Way) – 9:59
  12. "Everdance" (Monkman) – 4:15
  13. "Backstreet Luv" (Ian Eyre, Kristina, Way) – 4:26

Personnel

Curved Air
  • Sonja Kristina – acoustic guitar on "Melinda", lead vocals
  • Francis Monkman – bass, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Florian Pilkington-Miksa – percussion
  • Darryl Way – keyboards, backing vocal on "Backstreet Luv", electric violin
  • Guest musician
  • Rob Martin – bass on "Vivaldi"
  • Production credits
  • Artwork, Mastering, Post Production – Francis Monkman
  • References

    Alive, 1990 Wikipedia