KAYAK
''ROYAL BED BOUNCER''
1994
1975
74:50
1 Royal Bed Bouncer 03:56
2 Life Of Gold 03:23
3 You're So Bizarre 03:45
4 Bury The World 04:20
5 Chance For A Lifetime 04:13
6 If This Is Your Welcome 04:53
7 Moments Of Joy 03:58
8 Patricia Anglaia (Pim Koopman) 02:12
9 Said No Word 05:14
10 My Heart Never Changed 02:31
Bonus Tracks On 1995 CD release:
11 Alibi 03:37 (From Kayak's 2nd Album)
12 Mountain Too Rough 03:54 (From Kayak's 2nd Album)
13 Woe And Alas 02:57 (From Kayak's 2nd Album)
14 Mouldy Wood 05:12 (From Kayak's 1st Album)
15 Lovely Luna 08:15 (From Kayak's 1st Album)
16 Forever Is A Lonely Thought 05:22 (From Kayak's 1st Album)
17 Still Try To Write A Book 01:59 (Single-B Side From 1973)
18 Give It A Name 02:41 (Single-B Side From 1973)
19 Bulldozer 02:20 (Demo - Edited Version)
All Tracks By Ton Scherpenzeel, Excet As Indicated
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, backing vocals, double bass
Pim Koopman - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Bury The World"
Max Werner - lead and backing vocals, percussion, mellotron
Bert Veldkamp - bass guitar, backing vocals
Johan Slager - guitars, backing vocals
Patricia Paay sings wordless vocals on "Patricia Anglaia"
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Royal Bed Bouncer is the third album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, released in 1975. Their progressive approach from the first two albums was mixed with a more basic pop/rock sound. Nine of the ten songs were written by Ton Scherpenzeel, with Pim Koopman only contributing the instrumental "Patricia Anglaia". The album was produced by Gerrit-Jan Leenders and Kayak.
The original LP was released by EMI in the Netherlands (although copies on the Phonogram/Vertigo label also exist). In the USA, the LP was issued by Janus Records, with different sleeve design. The 1995 CD release was done by independent label Pseudonym.
"Chance For A Lifetime" was the only single release from this album, reaching the Dutch top-40. In 1997, the line-up of this album reunited for a Dutch TV-special called "Classic Albums". This — along with a few live appearances — eventually lead to Kayak reforming in 1999.
REVIEW
by Paul Collins / AMG
Although it retains progressive trappings, this album marks the beginning of Kayak's move into up-tempo pop. The songs still reflect Scherpenzeel's quirkiness, whether in the sci-fi Noah's Ark of "Chance for a Lifetime" or the bizarre job description in the title track. If you can ignore the forced zaniness of the backing vocals, the latter song boasts a wonderfully frantic piano solo over Koopman's walloping drum track. The soaring "Bury the World" is drenched in heavily reverbed electric piano and features a gorgeous and unexpected oboe solo in the middle of the song. But the undeniable highlight of the album is "Said No Word." Shifting effortlessly from an odd-time bounce over roller-rink organ to a series of clangorous breaks by massed bass guitars, it then lurches into a final monster groove that is worth the price of admission alone.
BIOGRAPHY
by Paul Collins / AMG
With their instrumental prowess and keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel's facility at writing lyrics in English, you might be forgiven for mistaking Kayak for a bunch of clever proggers from London. But this Dutch band began in 1968 in the city of Hilversum, where Scherpenzeel and drummer Pim Koopman attended a music conservatory. After the addition of guitarist Johan Slager, bassist Cees van Leeuwen, and vocalist Max Werner, the group solidified by 1972 and commenced recording. Stylistically they featured the instrumentation and chops of progressive acts like Yes and Genesis, but the pop song structures of Supertramp and the Alan Parsons Project; as time passed they increasingly favored the pop side of the equation. Royal Bed Bouncer, the most even balance between these two styles, was to be a commercial and artistic high point for the band. They continued to meet with minor success throughout the '70s on a variety of record labels, and in 1974 toured in support of Queen -- a move that influenced the flavor of their later work.
Like most progressive bands, Kayak never had a terribly stable lineup; at one point they went through three bassists in as many years. With Scherpenzeel as the sole constant, Kayak's first lineup also proved to be their finest; but Koopman's asthma forced him to retire in 1976, and Werner was so tortured by stage fright and unfounded doubts over his singing ability that he demanded the vacated drum chair for himself, leaving the vocal duties to new member Edward Reekers. Scherpenzeel's central role in the band eventually wore on the others, and Kayak fell apart in 1980. Scherpenzeel continued on to work with the English band Camel and then compose primarily for the theater. Koopman and Reekers worked in music production and performance; Werner left the stage to become a postal worker; and van Leeuwen became -- of all things -- a prominent lawyer. The band reunited in 1997 for a Dutch TV special, though no new recordings have yet emerged.
OFFICIAL SITE
2 Life Of Gold 03:23
3 You're So Bizarre 03:45
4 Bury The World 04:20
5 Chance For A Lifetime 04:13
6 If This Is Your Welcome 04:53
7 Moments Of Joy 03:58
8 Patricia Anglaia (Pim Koopman) 02:12
9 Said No Word 05:14
10 My Heart Never Changed 02:31
Bonus Tracks On 1995 CD release:
11 Alibi 03:37 (From Kayak's 2nd Album)
12 Mountain Too Rough 03:54 (From Kayak's 2nd Album)
13 Woe And Alas 02:57 (From Kayak's 2nd Album)
14 Mouldy Wood 05:12 (From Kayak's 1st Album)
15 Lovely Luna 08:15 (From Kayak's 1st Album)
16 Forever Is A Lonely Thought 05:22 (From Kayak's 1st Album)
17 Still Try To Write A Book 01:59 (Single-B Side From 1973)
18 Give It A Name 02:41 (Single-B Side From 1973)
19 Bulldozer 02:20 (Demo - Edited Version)
All Tracks By Ton Scherpenzeel, Excet As Indicated
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, backing vocals, double bass
Pim Koopman - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Bury The World"
Max Werner - lead and backing vocals, percussion, mellotron
Bert Veldkamp - bass guitar, backing vocals
Johan Slager - guitars, backing vocals
Patricia Paay sings wordless vocals on "Patricia Anglaia"
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Royal Bed Bouncer is the third album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, released in 1975. Their progressive approach from the first two albums was mixed with a more basic pop/rock sound. Nine of the ten songs were written by Ton Scherpenzeel, with Pim Koopman only contributing the instrumental "Patricia Anglaia". The album was produced by Gerrit-Jan Leenders and Kayak.
The original LP was released by EMI in the Netherlands (although copies on the Phonogram/Vertigo label also exist). In the USA, the LP was issued by Janus Records, with different sleeve design. The 1995 CD release was done by independent label Pseudonym.
"Chance For A Lifetime" was the only single release from this album, reaching the Dutch top-40. In 1997, the line-up of this album reunited for a Dutch TV-special called "Classic Albums". This — along with a few live appearances — eventually lead to Kayak reforming in 1999.
REVIEW
by Paul Collins / AMG
Although it retains progressive trappings, this album marks the beginning of Kayak's move into up-tempo pop. The songs still reflect Scherpenzeel's quirkiness, whether in the sci-fi Noah's Ark of "Chance for a Lifetime" or the bizarre job description in the title track. If you can ignore the forced zaniness of the backing vocals, the latter song boasts a wonderfully frantic piano solo over Koopman's walloping drum track. The soaring "Bury the World" is drenched in heavily reverbed electric piano and features a gorgeous and unexpected oboe solo in the middle of the song. But the undeniable highlight of the album is "Said No Word." Shifting effortlessly from an odd-time bounce over roller-rink organ to a series of clangorous breaks by massed bass guitars, it then lurches into a final monster groove that is worth the price of admission alone.
BIOGRAPHY
by Paul Collins / AMG
With their instrumental prowess and keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel's facility at writing lyrics in English, you might be forgiven for mistaking Kayak for a bunch of clever proggers from London. But this Dutch band began in 1968 in the city of Hilversum, where Scherpenzeel and drummer Pim Koopman attended a music conservatory. After the addition of guitarist Johan Slager, bassist Cees van Leeuwen, and vocalist Max Werner, the group solidified by 1972 and commenced recording. Stylistically they featured the instrumentation and chops of progressive acts like Yes and Genesis, but the pop song structures of Supertramp and the Alan Parsons Project; as time passed they increasingly favored the pop side of the equation. Royal Bed Bouncer, the most even balance between these two styles, was to be a commercial and artistic high point for the band. They continued to meet with minor success throughout the '70s on a variety of record labels, and in 1974 toured in support of Queen -- a move that influenced the flavor of their later work.
Like most progressive bands, Kayak never had a terribly stable lineup; at one point they went through three bassists in as many years. With Scherpenzeel as the sole constant, Kayak's first lineup also proved to be their finest; but Koopman's asthma forced him to retire in 1976, and Werner was so tortured by stage fright and unfounded doubts over his singing ability that he demanded the vacated drum chair for himself, leaving the vocal duties to new member Edward Reekers. Scherpenzeel's central role in the band eventually wore on the others, and Kayak fell apart in 1980. Scherpenzeel continued on to work with the English band Camel and then compose primarily for the theater. Koopman and Reekers worked in music production and performance; Werner left the stage to become a postal worker; and van Leeuwen became -- of all things -- a prominent lawyer. The band reunited in 1997 for a Dutch TV special, though no new recordings have yet emerged.
OFFICIAL SITE
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