• Source: Phantasmagoria (Curved Air album)

Phantasmagoria is the third studio album by Curved Air. Released in 1972, 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.




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
Note: "Ultra-Vivaldi is incorrectly listed as being 2:22 on the label of initial green label pressings.
One other track was recorded and released as a single, with "Phantasmagoria" on the b-side:

"Sarah's Concern" (Way, Linwood) - 3:20




Personnel


Curved Air
Sonja Kristina – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (2)
Darryl Way – violin, keyboards (1, 3), tubular bells (1), melon (1)
Francis Monkman – keyboards, electric guitar, percussion (8, 9)
Mike Wedgwood – bass, backing vocals, acoustic (6) and electric (9) guitar, percussion (9)
Florian Pilkington-Miksa – drums, percussion (9)
Guest musicians
Annie Stewart – flute (2)
Crispian Steele-Perkins – trumpet
Paul Cosh – trumpet
James Watson – trumpet
George Parnaby – trumpet
Chris Pyne – trombone
Alan Gout – trombone
David Purser – trombone
Steve Saunders – trombone
Frank Ricotti – xylophone, vibes
Mal Linwood-Ross – percussion
Colin Caldwell – percussion
Jean Akers – percussion
Doris the Cheetah — vocals (4)
Technical
Richard Rockwood - art direction
John Gorham - cover illustration




References






External links


Track Descriptions
Phantasmagoria review
Phantasmagoria review

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Curved Air
• Marie Antoinette (disambiguasi)
• Phantasmagoria (Curved Air album)
• Phantasmagoria (disambiguation)
• Curved Air
• Second Album (Curved Air album)
• Air Cut
• Darryl Way
• Sonja Kristina
• Marie Antoinette (disambiguation)
• Mike Wedgwood
• Francis Monkman