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Recycled (Nektar album)

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Recorded
  
July - August 1975

Producer
  
Peter Hauke, Nektar

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Length
  
36:45

Artist
  
Nektar

Label
  
Bellaphon Records

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Released
  
October 1975 (Germany) January 1976 (US) January 1977 (UK)

Studio
  
Château d'Hérouville, Val-d'Oise, France and Air Studios, London

Recycled (1975)
  
Live in New York (1977)

Similar
  
Down to Earth, A Tab in the Ocean, Sounds Like This, Journey to the Centre of the Eye, Book of Days

Nektar recycled deluxe reissue


Recycled is the sixth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is a concept album addressing the band member's concerns about the environment. The songs on side one tell the tale of a nightmarish future in which only "recycled energy" remains, while the songs on side two revolve around more present-day concerns about tourism despoiling untouched wilderness.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic gave the album a mixed retrospective review. They criticized the album as lacking the instrumental prowess, enthusiasm, and band cohesion that the players had shown on Nektar's previous albums. However, they acknowledged that "What does hold strong is Nektar's ability to conjure up a science-fiction atmosphere through the unorthodox application of percussion, guitar, and keyboards."

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Nektar.

Credits

  • Roye Albrighton - lead vocals, guitars
  • Mick Brockett - visual environment
  • Alan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ron Howden - drums, percussion
  • Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals
  • Additional personnel
  • Larry Fast - orchestral Moog arrangements & playing
  • The English Chorale conducted by Robert Howes, arranged by Christian Kolonovits
  • Songs

    1Recycle2:47
    2Cybernetic Consumption2:12
    3Recycle Countdown1:51

    References

    Recycled (Nektar album) Wikipedia