Freeze Frame (Godley & Creme album)
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| Studio album by Godley & Creme | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, except "Random Brainwave" and "Clues" produced by Godley, Creme and Phil Manzanera | |||
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Freeze Frame is a 1979 album by Godley & Creme. The album was recorded at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studios, Leatherhead, Surrey and featured cover art designed by Hipgnosis.
This album featured a couple of technical innovations which gave it a unique sound. "I Pity Inanimate Objects" featured a distinctive vocal treatment in which the notes are seemingly obtained by altering the pitch of pre-recorded voices. It has been suggested they recorded the vocal melody several times in different keys and tempos into a sampler, then used the keyboard to transpose each one back independently to the original key, then pasted it, or spliced tape together, syllable by syllable.[2] Another possibility is that they used the model H910 Eventide Harmonizer, a time delay audio processor with pitch-shifting ability.
Some tracks also featured the gizmo, which was a mechanical device invented by Godley, Creme, and John McConnell (professor of physics at the University of Manchester) to give a guitar a bowed effect like a violin. The device used keys which, when pressed, allowed rotating wheels to touch the guitar strings.[3]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks composed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme
- "An Englishman in New York" – 5:37
- "Random Brainwave" – 2:38
- "I Pity Inanimate Objects" – 5:24
- "Freeze Frame" – 4:47
- "Clues" – 5:24
- "Brazilia (Wish You Were Here)" – 6:11
- "Mugshots" – 3:55
- "Get Well Soon" – 4:38
[edit] Personnel
- Kevin Godley – vocals, drums, percussion
- Lol Creme – vocals, guitars, bass, xylophone, vibes, gizmo, bass pedals, acoustic guitars, piano, percussion, harmonica, moog, electric piano
- Phil Manzanera – electric and acoustic guitar
- Paul McCartney – backing vocals
