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The Last Encore

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Released
  
1976, 2002 (reissue)

Artist
  
Kayak

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Producer
  
Kayak

Release date
  
1976

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Recorded
  
May - July 1976, at Morgan Studio, Brussels, Belgium

The Last Encore (1976)
  
Starlight Dancer (1977)

Label
  
Universal Music Digital Luxembourg

Similar
  
Kayak albums, Other albums

Kayak the last encore


The Last Encore is the fourth album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was originally released in 1976 and issued on CD in 1995, with a re-release in 2002.

Contents

The songs "Still My Heart Cries For You" and "Do You Care" were released as singles in The Netherlands.

After this album, drummer and founder member Pim Koopman left the band to become a record producer. He returned to Kayak in 1999.

Kayak back to the front


Track listing

  1. "Back To The Front" (Scherpenzeel/Slager) - 4:30
  2. "Nothingness" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:56
  3. "Love Of A Victim" (Koopman) - 2:49
  4. "Land On The Water" (Koopman) - 2:27
  5. "The Last Encore" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:59
  6. "Do You Care" (Koopman) - 2:48
  7. "Still My Heart Cries For You" (Koopman) - 4:32
  8. "Relics From A Distant Age" (Scherpenzeel) - 4:54
  9. "Love Me Tonight / Get On Board" (Scherpenzeel) - 2:40
  10. "Evocation" (Koopman) - 3:49
  11. "Raid Your Own House" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:35
  12. "Well Done" (Koopman) - 0:53

The original LP was not released in the USA. Instead, Janus Records released an LP with songs from 2 European Kayak releases. The USA LP Starlight Dancer contained songs from the European "The Last Encore" and "Starlight Dancer" albums. It had the sleeve design of "The Last Encore".

Lineup

  • Max Werner - lead (all but 12) vocals, percussion, Mellotron
  • Johan Slager - guitars, backing vocals
  • Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, backing vocals, accordion, double bass
  • Bert Veldkamp - bass, backing vocals, double bass, saxophone, zither
  • Pim Koopman - drums, backing and lead (12) vocals percussion, marimba, piano

    • Songs

    1Back to the Front4:34
    2Nothingness4:01
    3Love of a Victim2:52

    References

    The Last Encore Wikipedia
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