Released April 1972 Phantasmagoria(1972) Air Cut(1973) Release date April 1972 | Length 39:04 Label Warner Bros. Records | |
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Recorded Advision Studios, London, March 1972 ("Ultra-Vivadi" and "Whose Shoulder Are You Looking Over Anyway?": E.M.S., London) Similar Curved Air albums, Progressive rock albums |
Curved air phantasmagoria 1972
Phantasmagoria is a 1972 album by Curved Air. It reached No. 20 in the UK Charts and is notable for its early use of the EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer to process lead singer Sonja Kristina's voice on the second side. Unavailable for many years, the album was reissued on CD in April 2007.
Contents
- Curved air phantasmagoria 1972
- Curved air phantasmagoria
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Curved air phantasmagoria
Reception
Allmusic called Phantasmagoria "the culmination of all that Curved Air promised over the course of its predecessors" and "the band's grandest hour by far". Their review praised the vast majority of the individual tracks, especially complimenting the blending of musical styles and absence of pretentiousness.
Track listing
Side One
- "Marie Antoinette" (Darryl Way, Sonja Kristina Linwood) – 6:20
- "Melinda (More or Less)" (Linwood) – 3:25
- "Not Quite the Same" (Way, Linwood) – 3:44
- "Cheetah" (Way) – 3:33
- "Ultra-Vivaldi" (Way, Francis Monkman) – 1:22
Side Two
- "Phantasmagoria" (Monkman) – 3:15
- "Whose Shoulder Are You Looking Over Anyway?"(Monkman) – 3:24
- "Over and Above" (Monkman) – 8:36
- "Once a Ghost, Always a Ghost" (Monkman, Linwood) – 4:25
One other track was recorded and released as a single, with "Phantasmagoria" on the b-side:
- "Sarah's Concern" (Way, Linwood) - 3:20
Personnel
Songs
1Marie Antoinette6:20
2Melinda (More or Less)3:26
3Not Quite the Same3:44