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Length
  
42:45

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
CBS Records International

Artist
  
Solution

Producer
  
Gus Dudgeon

Genre
  
Symphonic rock

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Released
  
November 1975 (1975-11)

Recorded
  
Rockfield Studios, Wales

Cordon Bleu (1975)
  
Fully Interlocking (1977)

Similar
  
Divergence, Runaway, It's Only Just Begun, Fully Interlocking, The Ultimate Collection

Solution cordon bleu 1975


Cordon Bleu is the third album by the Dutch symphonic rock group Solution. It was released in 1975 on Elton John's label, The Rocket Record Company.

Contents

Solution cordon bleu 1975


History

Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, Cordon Bleu saw the main quartet of Willem Ennes, Tom Barlage, Guus Willemse and Hans Waterman complemented by Chiel Pos and Frankie Fish. Pos contributed acoustic guitar to "Last Detail" and tenor sax to "Third Line" and "Whirligig", while Fish co-wrote the lyrics and also added backing vocals.

Like its predecessor Divergence (1972), Cordon Bleu mixed long instrumental pieces ("Chappaqua" and "Whirligig") with shorter vocal songs which also featured instrumental passages ("Third Line", "Last Detail" and "Black Pearl"). "A Song for You" is the shortest song on the album, and is a more conventional pop song. This was released as a single in Europe, with an edited version of "Chappaqua" as the B-side. "Chappaqua" was issued as an A-side in its own right in some territories (backed by "Whirligig"), and was a B-side again to "Give Some More" in 1977/78.

Produced by Elton John's producer Gus Dudgeon, the album had a crisper sound than Solution and Divergence. This trend was continued on the following album Fully Interlocking (1977), also produced by Dudgeon.

Cordon Bleu charted in the Netherlands on 20 December 1975, reaching #18 and spending 11 weeks on the chart.

First released on vinyl and cassette, it was later reissued by CBS in 1980 and on Compact Disc in 1988. In 2006, "Chappaqua", "Whirligig" and "Third Line" were included on the compilation The Ultimate Collection, with versions of the other three tracks featured on the live disc.

Track listing

  1. "Chappaqua" (10:33)
  2. Music by Tom, Willem & Hans
  3. "Third Line Part 1" (1:38)
  4. Music by Tom, Willem & Guus
  5. Words by Michiel & Frankie
  6. "Part 2" (5:44)
  7. Music by Tom, Willem & Hans
  8. "A Song for You" (3:53)
  9. Music by Guus
  10. Words by Guus & Frankie
  11. "Whirligig" (9:00)
  12. Music by Tom, Willem & Guus
  13. "Last Detail Part 1" (2:48)
  14. Music by Tom, Willem & Guus
  15. Words by Michiel & Frankie
  16. "Part 2" (2:41)
  17. Music by Tom, Willem, Hans & Guus
  18. "Black Pearl Part 1" (1:14)
  19. Music by Tom, Guus & Michiel
  20. Words by Frankie
  21. "Part 2" (5:01)
  22. Music by Tom & Willem

Personnel

  • Tom Barlage – alto sax, soprano sax, flute, percussion
  • Willem Ennes – electric piano, acoustic piano, organ, Elka Rhapsody
  • Guus Willemse – bass guitar, lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Hans Waterman – drums
  • All backing vocals by Tom, Guus and Frankie Fish.
  • Michiel Pos - additional tenor saxophone on "Third Line" and "Whirligig" and acoustic guitar on "Last Detail"

    • Produced by Gus Dudgeon.
    Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales.
    Engineers: Pat Moran & Phil Dunne.
    Remixed at Marquee Studios in London.
    Engineers: Steve Holroyd & Gus Dudgeon.
    Sleeve design & photography by Hipgnosis
    Lettering by Richard Evans.

    Songs

    1Chappaqua10:35
    2Third Line Part 11:39
    3Third Line Part 25:45

    References

    Cordon Bleu (album) Wikipedia
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