KAYAK
''NIGHT VISION''
2001
68:29
1 Icarus (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 08:21
2 Miracle Man (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:51
3 Cassandra (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:22
4 A Million Years (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:34
5 Water for Guns (Koopman) 04:04
6 The Way of the World (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:32
7 Hold Me Forever (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 03:24
8 Tradition (Koopman) 07:57
9 All Over Again (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 05:02
10 Life without Parole (Koopman) 04:09
11 How (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:53
12 Carry On Boy (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:00
13 Good Riddance (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:10
14 Rings of Saturn (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:03
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, backing vocals, accordion
Pim Koopman - drums, backing vocals
Bert Heerink - lead and backing vocals, percussion
Bert Veldkamp - bass guitar
Rob Winter - guitars, mandoline
Rob Vunderink - guitars, vocals (Lead vocal on "Life Without Parole")
Guest musicians:
Lorre Trytten - violin, viola
Arlia de Ruiter - violin
Pauline Terlouw - violin
Jel Jongen - trombone
Serge Plume - trumpet
Allard Buwalda - saxophone
Anne Nobel, Charlotte Magnée, Eric Magnée, Hanneke Last, Chantal v/d Klugt - choir on "Carry On Boy"
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Night Vision is the tenth studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, released in 2001. It was the first studio album with singer Bert Heerink. Heerink had joined Kayak in 1999, to help original singer Max Werner on songs from the past that were originally sung by Kayak's second lead singer, Edward Reekers. When Werner left Kayak in 2000, Heerink stayed as their sole leadsinger, and recorded the double live album Chance For A Livetime.
During their tour of 2000, Kayak introduced a new member: guitarist/vocalist Rob Vunderink. Not a complete stranger to the band, as he had worked with Pim Koopman in the band Diesel.
After the "Night Vision"-tour, guitarist Rob Winter had to leave Kayak. He was (and still is) also the guitarist in the band of Dutch singer Marco Borsato, and he was unable to combine work in two bands.
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 Miracle Man (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:51
3 Cassandra (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:22
4 A Million Years (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:34
5 Water for Guns (Koopman) 04:04
6 The Way of the World (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:32
7 Hold Me Forever (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 03:24
8 Tradition (Koopman) 07:57
9 All Over Again (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 05:02
10 Life without Parole (Koopman) 04:09
11 How (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:53
12 Carry On Boy (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:00
13 Good Riddance (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:10
14 Rings of Saturn (Scherpenzeel/Linders) 04:03
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, backing vocals, accordion
Pim Koopman - drums, backing vocals
Bert Heerink - lead and backing vocals, percussion
Bert Veldkamp - bass guitar
Rob Winter - guitars, mandoline
Rob Vunderink - guitars, vocals (Lead vocal on "Life Without Parole")
Guest musicians:
Lorre Trytten - violin, viola
Arlia de Ruiter - violin
Pauline Terlouw - violin
Jel Jongen - trombone
Serge Plume - trumpet
Allard Buwalda - saxophone
Anne Nobel, Charlotte Magnée, Eric Magnée, Hanneke Last, Chantal v/d Klugt - choir on "Carry On Boy"
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Night Vision is the tenth studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, released in 2001. It was the first studio album with singer Bert Heerink. Heerink had joined Kayak in 1999, to help original singer Max Werner on songs from the past that were originally sung by Kayak's second lead singer, Edward Reekers. When Werner left Kayak in 2000, Heerink stayed as their sole leadsinger, and recorded the double live album Chance For A Livetime.
During their tour of 2000, Kayak introduced a new member: guitarist/vocalist Rob Vunderink. Not a complete stranger to the band, as he had worked with Pim Koopman in the band Diesel.
After the "Night Vision"-tour, guitarist Rob Winter had to leave Kayak. He was (and still is) also the guitarist in the band of Dutch singer Marco Borsato, and he was unable to combine work in two bands.
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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