ARTHUR BROWN
''DANCE''
1975
46:42
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01 We've Got To Get Out Of This Place 03:29
02 Helen With The Sun 07:32
03 Take A Chance 05:03
04 Crazy 02:15
05 Hearts And Minds 03:13
06 Dance 05:32
07 Out Of Time 03:37
08 Quietly With Tact 04:28
09 Soul Garden 04:43
10 The Lord Will Find A Way 04:16
11 Is There Nothing Beyond God 02:26
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Arranged By Andy Dalby
Arranged By Strings Don Gould (tracks 1, 7)
Backing Vocals - Fuzzy (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), Mutt (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), Philip Bradley (track 11), Stevie (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), Thunderthighs (tracks 1, 7)
Bass - James Morgan (track 11), Lee Robinson (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10), Lloyd Parks
(track 9), Steve Yorke (tracks 1, 6, 7)
Bells - Q Modo (track 6)
Castanets - Enrico Smith (track 5)
Choir - The Gospelayres (track 10)
Clavinet - Ken Elliott (track3)
Congas - Drachen Theaker (tracks 3, 6), Malcolm Flynn (track 11), Pat Lewis (track 9)
Drums - Charlie Charles (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), Charley Dunbar (track 9)
Drums (Plank) - Drachen Theaker (tracks 6)
Electric Piano - Ken Elliott (track 6)
Gamelan (Anglong) - Les Adey (track 2), Lindsay Kidd (track 2)
Guitar - Andy Dalby (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), Ranche McLean (track 9)
Keyboards - Pete Solley (tracks 1, 7, 10)
Organ - Errol Nelson (track 9)
Percussion - Cynthia Richards (track 9)
Piano - Errol Nelson (track 9), Keith Tippet (tracks 2, 5)
Saxophone - George Khan (tracks 3, 4, 9)
Synthesizer (Moog) - Ken Elliott (track 3), Pete Solley (tracks 2, 11)
Tabla - Drachen Theaker (track 3)
Violin - Stuart Gordon (track 9)
Vocals - Arthur Brown (tracks 1 To 11)
Written By Andy Dalby (tracks 2, 8), Arthur Brown (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11), Mick Jagger / Keith Richards (tracks 7), Lee Robinson (track 10), Leslie Adey (tracks 2, 8). Barry Mann /
Cynthia Weil (track 1)
Notes:
Thanks To Dave For The Missing Chord "On Hearts And Minds"
Skin Flesh & Bones Are Featured On Track 9 And Appear Courtsey Of Trojan Records
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REVIEW/AMG
Dave Thompson
By the mid-1970s, Arthur Brown had spent some six years operating so far below the radar that many people who remembered his "Fire" chart-topper could easily be excused for thinking he'd vanished altogether. Of course, aficionados knew he'd been busy elsewhere, scouring the progressive underground with Journey and Kingdom Come, and fans of those projects were non-plussed indeed when Brown suddenly reappeared in the mainstream, turning up on the Saturday morning British TV pop program, Supersonic, to plug his latest single. Resplendent in gold wellies, Brown drew the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" to new heights of dementia -- the single itself was ultimately a flop, but the performance was killer, and all ears were open for the album that followed, Dance. Unfortunately, they quickly closed back up again, as the LP was revealed not as the long-awaited second coming of the "God of Hell Fire", but as a lackluster mingling of, indeed, dancey rhythms and dirgey ditties, a dry, dull collection that swept every last iota of Brown's past reputation aside, in search of an elusive commercialism. Brown himself had promised beforehand that he intended what would today be considered a "World Music" album, absorbing dance rhythms from around the world, but that plan appears to have dissipated once he got into the studio, and only one further track demanded the listener's attention, as Brown linked with Toots and the Maytals for the tumultuous "Soul Garden." Elsewhere, however, there are few highlights and even fewer tracks you might return to later. Quite simply, alongside its equally ill-conceived follow-up, Chisholm in My Bosom, it is the sound of desperation grinding against redundancy.
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BIOGRAPHY
by Rovi
This UK band was formed in 1971 by the eccentric Arthur Brown (b. Arthur Wilton-Brown, 24 June 1944, Whitby, Yorkshire, England), a vocalist who had achieved momentary commercial fame three years earlier with his memorable single, "Fire". This new venture was completed by Andrew Dalby (b. Gainsborough, England; guitar), Julian Paul Brown (b. Liverpool, England; synthesizer), Michael Harris (keyboards), Desmond Fisher (bass) and Martin Steer (drums), a line-up immortalized in the film Glastonbury Fayre. Their debut album, Galactic Zoo Dossier, was a radical, experimental set, and featured an extended version of "Space Plucks", a piece the singer had written for his previous band with organist Vincent Crane. This high standard was sadly not maintained on its follow-up, Kingdom Come, which relied on contemporary progressive styles and featured new bass player Phil Shutt. Harris and Steer were dropped from the band for Journey, on which Brown, Dalby and Shutt were joined by keyboardist Victor Peraino and a drum machine. Kingdom Come broke up completely when their founder embarked on an erratic solo career.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
One of the most electrifying one-shot artists of the '60s, British singer Arthur Brown briefly set the charts alight in 1968, as well as thrilling audiences with his theatrical performances, which saw him wearing helmets of fire and outlandish costumes. His debut album was surely one of the most left-field commercial successes of the late '60s, if not of rock history. In addition to topping the British charts (and reaching number two in the U.S.) with his brilliantly demonic single "Fire," the self-proclaimed god of hellfire actually scored a Top Ten LP with his 1968 debut. Unveiling Brown's demented, fire-obsessed lyrical visions and swooping, theatrical vocals, it showcased his band's manic, agitated psychedelic sound, which was anchored by incendiary drumming, Pete Townshend's production, and an organist who could be best described as Jimmy Smith on acid. Brown's original band broke up in early 1969; in the early '70s he released several albums with Kingdom Come, which saw him pursuing a maddeningly obscure and less exciting brand of art rock. He recorded off and on after, with an additional flash of fame springing from his role as a priest in the film Tommy.
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''DANCE''
1975
46:42
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01 We've Got To Get Out Of This Place 03:29
02 Helen With The Sun 07:32
03 Take A Chance 05:03
04 Crazy 02:15
05 Hearts And Minds 03:13
06 Dance 05:32
07 Out Of Time 03:37
08 Quietly With Tact 04:28
09 Soul Garden 04:43
10 The Lord Will Find A Way 04:16
11 Is There Nothing Beyond God 02:26
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Arranged By Andy Dalby
Arranged By Strings Don Gould (tracks 1, 7)
Backing Vocals - Fuzzy (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), Mutt (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), Philip Bradley (track 11), Stevie (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), Thunderthighs (tracks 1, 7)
Bass - James Morgan (track 11), Lee Robinson (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10), Lloyd Parks
(track 9), Steve Yorke (tracks 1, 6, 7)
Bells - Q Modo (track 6)
Castanets - Enrico Smith (track 5)
Choir - The Gospelayres (track 10)
Clavinet - Ken Elliott (track3)
Congas - Drachen Theaker (tracks 3, 6), Malcolm Flynn (track 11), Pat Lewis (track 9)
Drums - Charlie Charles (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), Charley Dunbar (track 9)
Drums (Plank) - Drachen Theaker (tracks 6)
Electric Piano - Ken Elliott (track 6)
Gamelan (Anglong) - Les Adey (track 2), Lindsay Kidd (track 2)
Guitar - Andy Dalby (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), Ranche McLean (track 9)
Keyboards - Pete Solley (tracks 1, 7, 10)
Organ - Errol Nelson (track 9)
Percussion - Cynthia Richards (track 9)
Piano - Errol Nelson (track 9), Keith Tippet (tracks 2, 5)
Saxophone - George Khan (tracks 3, 4, 9)
Synthesizer (Moog) - Ken Elliott (track 3), Pete Solley (tracks 2, 11)
Tabla - Drachen Theaker (track 3)
Violin - Stuart Gordon (track 9)
Vocals - Arthur Brown (tracks 1 To 11)
Written By Andy Dalby (tracks 2, 8), Arthur Brown (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11), Mick Jagger / Keith Richards (tracks 7), Lee Robinson (track 10), Leslie Adey (tracks 2, 8). Barry Mann /
Cynthia Weil (track 1)
Notes:
Thanks To Dave For The Missing Chord "On Hearts And Minds"
Skin Flesh & Bones Are Featured On Track 9 And Appear Courtsey Of Trojan Records
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REVIEW/AMG
Dave Thompson
By the mid-1970s, Arthur Brown had spent some six years operating so far below the radar that many people who remembered his "Fire" chart-topper could easily be excused for thinking he'd vanished altogether. Of course, aficionados knew he'd been busy elsewhere, scouring the progressive underground with Journey and Kingdom Come, and fans of those projects were non-plussed indeed when Brown suddenly reappeared in the mainstream, turning up on the Saturday morning British TV pop program, Supersonic, to plug his latest single. Resplendent in gold wellies, Brown drew the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" to new heights of dementia -- the single itself was ultimately a flop, but the performance was killer, and all ears were open for the album that followed, Dance. Unfortunately, they quickly closed back up again, as the LP was revealed not as the long-awaited second coming of the "God of Hell Fire", but as a lackluster mingling of, indeed, dancey rhythms and dirgey ditties, a dry, dull collection that swept every last iota of Brown's past reputation aside, in search of an elusive commercialism. Brown himself had promised beforehand that he intended what would today be considered a "World Music" album, absorbing dance rhythms from around the world, but that plan appears to have dissipated once he got into the studio, and only one further track demanded the listener's attention, as Brown linked with Toots and the Maytals for the tumultuous "Soul Garden." Elsewhere, however, there are few highlights and even fewer tracks you might return to later. Quite simply, alongside its equally ill-conceived follow-up, Chisholm in My Bosom, it is the sound of desperation grinding against redundancy.
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BIOGRAPHY
by Rovi
This UK band was formed in 1971 by the eccentric Arthur Brown (b. Arthur Wilton-Brown, 24 June 1944, Whitby, Yorkshire, England), a vocalist who had achieved momentary commercial fame three years earlier with his memorable single, "Fire". This new venture was completed by Andrew Dalby (b. Gainsborough, England; guitar), Julian Paul Brown (b. Liverpool, England; synthesizer), Michael Harris (keyboards), Desmond Fisher (bass) and Martin Steer (drums), a line-up immortalized in the film Glastonbury Fayre. Their debut album, Galactic Zoo Dossier, was a radical, experimental set, and featured an extended version of "Space Plucks", a piece the singer had written for his previous band with organist Vincent Crane. This high standard was sadly not maintained on its follow-up, Kingdom Come, which relied on contemporary progressive styles and featured new bass player Phil Shutt. Harris and Steer were dropped from the band for Journey, on which Brown, Dalby and Shutt were joined by keyboardist Victor Peraino and a drum machine. Kingdom Come broke up completely when their founder embarked on an erratic solo career.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
One of the most electrifying one-shot artists of the '60s, British singer Arthur Brown briefly set the charts alight in 1968, as well as thrilling audiences with his theatrical performances, which saw him wearing helmets of fire and outlandish costumes. His debut album was surely one of the most left-field commercial successes of the late '60s, if not of rock history. In addition to topping the British charts (and reaching number two in the U.S.) with his brilliantly demonic single "Fire," the self-proclaimed god of hellfire actually scored a Top Ten LP with his 1968 debut. Unveiling Brown's demented, fire-obsessed lyrical visions and swooping, theatrical vocals, it showcased his band's manic, agitated psychedelic sound, which was anchored by incendiary drumming, Pete Townshend's production, and an organist who could be best described as Jimmy Smith on acid. Brown's original band broke up in early 1969; in the early '70s he released several albums with Kingdom Come, which saw him pursuing a maddeningly obscure and less exciting brand of art rock. He recorded off and on after, with an additional flash of fame springing from his role as a priest in the film Tommy.
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