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Pipedream (Alan Hull album)

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Pipedream
Studio album by
Released1973
GenreFolk rock, Folk
Length40:00
LabelUnited Kingdom Charisma Records
United States Elektra Records
ProducerMicky Sweeney, Alan Hull
Alan Hull chronology
Pipedream
(1973)
Squire
(1974)

Pipedream is the first solo album from Lindisfarne singer Alan Hull.

Cover artwork

The cover artwork is based on a painting by René Magritte.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Hull. [2][3]

  1. "Breakfast"
  2. "Justanothersadsong"
  3. "Money Game"
  4. "STD 0632"
  5. "United States of Mind"
  6. "Country Gentleman's Wife"
  7. "Numbers (Travelling Band)"
  8. "For The Bairns"
  9. "Drug Song"
  10. "Song for a Windmill"
  11. "Blue Murder"
  12. "I Hate To See You Cry"

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
UK Charts (Official Charts Company) 29[4]
Australian (Kent Music Report) 51[5]

Personnel

  • Alan Hull - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, "Guinness"
  • John Turnbull - guitar, "orange juice, health foods"
  • Colin Gibson - bass, "mental indecision, snuff and herbal tobacco"
  • Ken Craddock - piano, organ, harmonium, electric piano, guitar, "Guinness, wine, tequila, Pernod, Coca-cola and anything else around at the time"
  • Ray Laidlaw - drums, "common sense"
  • Ray Jackson - harp, mandolin, vocals, "Rude noises"
  • Dave Brooks - saxophone on "For The Bairns"
Technical

References

  1. ^ Rene Magritte - Culture
  2. ^ BBC - Music - Review of Alan Hull's Pipedream
  3. ^ allmusic : Pipedream
  4. ^ Chart Stats - Alan Hull - Pipe Dream
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 143. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.