KAYAK
''COMING UP FOR AIR''
JANUARY 22 2008
59:37
1 Alienation 03:52
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
2 Man In The Cocoon 02:52
Words & Music: Pim Koopman, Cindy Oudshoorn
3 Time Stand Still 03:19
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
4 Freezing 03:48
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
5 Medea 03:44
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
6 Daughter Of The Moon 03:37
Words & Music: Pim Koopman
7 Undecided 04:07
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
8 Sad State Of Affairs 04:20
Words & Music: Pim Koopman
9 About You Without You 03:12
10 The Mask And The Mirror 04:42
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
11 Selfmade Castle 03:30
Words & Music: Pim Koopman, Cindy Oudshoorn
12 What I'm About To Say 04:21
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
13 Wonderful Day 03:38
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
14 Broken White 04:19
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
15 Coming Up For Air 06:10
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, vocals
Pim Koopman - drums, keyboards, vocals, guitars
Edward Reekers - lead and backing vocals
Cindy Oudshoorn - lead and backing vocals
Jan van Olffen - bass, vocals
Rob Vunderink - guitars, lead and backing vocals
Joost Vergoossen - guitars
Guest musicians:
Judith Groen - cello on "Freezing"
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Coming Up For Air is a studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was released in 2008. The song "Undecided" was a single in The Netherlands, featuring the non-albumtrack "Beat The Clock".
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
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
2 Man In The Cocoon 02:52
Words & Music: Pim Koopman, Cindy Oudshoorn
3 Time Stand Still 03:19
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
4 Freezing 03:48
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
5 Medea 03:44
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
6 Daughter Of The Moon 03:37
Words & Music: Pim Koopman
7 Undecided 04:07
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
8 Sad State Of Affairs 04:20
Words & Music: Pim Koopman
9 About You Without You 03:12
10 The Mask And The Mirror 04:42
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
11 Selfmade Castle 03:30
Words & Music: Pim Koopman, Cindy Oudshoorn
12 What I'm About To Say 04:21
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
13 Wonderful Day 03:38
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
14 Broken White 04:19
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
15 Coming Up For Air 06:10
Words: Irene Linders, Ton Scherpenzeel
Music: Ton Scherpenzeel
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, vocals
Pim Koopman - drums, keyboards, vocals, guitars
Edward Reekers - lead and backing vocals
Cindy Oudshoorn - lead and backing vocals
Jan van Olffen - bass, vocals
Rob Vunderink - guitars, lead and backing vocals
Joost Vergoossen - guitars
Guest musicians:
Judith Groen - cello on "Freezing"
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Coming Up For Air is a studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was released in 2008. The song "Undecided" was a single in The Netherlands, featuring the non-albumtrack "Beat The Clock".
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
No comments :
Post a Comment