Gone to Earth (Barclay James Harvest album)

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Gone to Earth is an album by the English rockgroup Barclay James Harvest released in 1977. It peaked #30 in the UK-Charts but in Germany it became their largest selling album. Hymn (a song against the dangers of drug use and dedicated to musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Paul Kossoff and Janis Joplin) was a successful turntable hit at German radio stations in the late 1970s. Poor Man's Moody Blues is a reference to the Moody Blues song Nights in White Satin because reviewers often described Barclay James Harvest as "Moody Blues for the poor".

Track listing

A-Side

• Hymn (John Lees) - 5:06
• Love Is Like A Violin (John Lees) - 4:03
• Friend Of Mine (Les Holroyd) - 3:30
• Poor Man's Moody Blues (John Lees) - 6:55

B-Side

• Hard Hearted Woman (Les Holroyd) - 4:27
• Sea Of Tranquility (Woolly Wolstenholme) - 4:03
• Spirit On The Water (Les Holroyd) - 4:49
• Leper's Song (John Lees) - 3:34
• Taking Me Higher (Les Holroyd) - 3:07

Personnel

• John Lees – vocals, guitars
• Les Holroyd – bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme – vocals, mellotron, keyboards
• Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion

Miscellaneous Information

The original LP version of this album featured an inner album sleeve which could be reversed within an outer cover. On one side was the picture of the owl (as shown in the picture) on the other side was a picture of a setting sun. These could then be displayed "through" the template of the tree.

External links

Information about that album