Released 1975 Curved Air – Live
(1975) Midnight Wire
(1975) Release date 1975 Genre Progressive rock | Length 47:07 Artist Curved Air Label CIA | |
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Recorded Cardiff University and Bristol Polytechnic, December 1974 Producer David Hitchcock for BTM Records | ||
Curved Air – Live was the first official live album by the British progressive rock band Curved Air. It was recorded on the band's reunion tour in December 1974 and released in 1975. Though it failed to enter the charts, it made enough profit to pay off the tax bill which had compelled Curved Air to reunite, allowing Francis Monkman and Florian Pilkington-Miksa to again leave the group.
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Background
Sonja Kristina's vocals on the album are atypical of her 1970s performances, both live and in the studio. By her own account, she was in a distraught emotional state following the breakup of her first marriage, and this provoked more wild and raw on-stage singing.
Reception
Allmusic wrote that "Kristina herself is possibly in her best voice ever, while the instrumentation rides roughshod over the... belief that Curved Air were at their best in the studio", offering high praise to nearly all of the individual cuts while criticizing none of them.
Personnel
Recording details
Songs
1It Happend Today5:33
2Marie Antoinette6:51
3Back Street Luv3:53