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Natural Avenue

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Released
  
January 28, 1977

Artist
  
John Lodge

Producer
  
Tony Clarke

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
1976

Release date
  
28 January 1977

Label
  
Esoteric Recordings

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Length
  
45:26 (album)49:28 (Original CD)53:45 (Reissue CD)

Natural Avenue(1977)
  
10,000 Light Years Ago(2015)

Similar
  
John Lodge albums, Rock music albums

Natural Avenue is an album by John Lodge of The Moody Blues. It received a favourable review from Robert Hillburn in the Los Angeles Times.

Contents

It was later re-released on CD in 1987 with one bonus track, "Street Café" (originally released as a single in 1980).

It was released again on Threshold in May 1996 with the additional bonus track "Threw It All Away (the B-side of the "Street Café" single)

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Side 1

  1. "Intro to Children of Rock 'n Roll" (John Lodge) – 1:04
  2. "Natural Avenue" (John Lodge) – 3:56
  3. "Summer Breeze" (John Lodge) – 5:22
  4. "Carry Me" (John Lodge) – 5:42
  5. "Who Could Change" (John Lodge) – 6:04

Side 2

  1. "Broken Dreams, Hard Road" (John Lodge) – 4:33
  2. "Piece Of My Heart" (John Lodge) – 3:56
  3. "Rainbow" (John Lodge) – 3:53
  4. "Say You Love Me" (John Lodge) – 6:25
  5. "Children Of Rock 'n Roll" (John Lodge) – 4:31

1987 CD Bonus Track

  1. "Street Café" (John Lodge) – 4:02

1996/2014 Reissue CD Bonus Tracks

  1. "Street Café" (John Lodge) – 4:02
  2. "Threw It All Away" (John Lodge) – 4:17

"Street Café" produced by Tony Clarke
"Threw It All Away" produced by Pip Williams & Tony Clarke

Personnel

  • John Lodge – 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars (1–7, 9, 10), bass (2–10), harmonica (2), vocals
  • Steve Simpson – Spanish guitar (1, 9), 6-string acoustic guitars (1, 3–6, 10), electric guitar (2, 6), vocals
  • Kenney Jones – drums & percussion (2–10)
  • Mick Weaver – piano & organ (2–6, 8–10), electric piano (7), celeste (7)
  • Mel Collins – soprano saxophone (2)
  • Martin Dobson – alto saxophone (2)
  • Jimmy Jewel – saxophone (3, 6)
  • Brian Rogers Orchestra – (3–10)
  • Chris Spedding – electric guitar (5, 7–10)
  • Dennis Lopez – percussion (5)
  • Gary Osborne – vocals
  • John Richardson – vocals
  • Allan Williams – vocals
  • Billy Lowrie – vocals

    • Songs

    1Intro to Children of Rock 'n' Roll1:06
    2Natural Avenue3:56
    3Summer Breeze5:21

    References

    Natural Avenue Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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