Rhapsodies (album)

Rhapsodies
Studio album by Rick Wakeman
Released	May 1979
Recorded	1978–79
Studio	La Grange; Mountain, Switzerland
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	67:14
Label	A&M SP-6501
Producer	Tony Visconti
Rick Wakeman chronology
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record (1977) Rhapsodies (1979) The Burning (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Smash Hits	4/10

Rhapsodies is a double LP by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Pedra da Gavea" – 4:11
2. "Front Line" – 3:42
3. "Bombay Duck" – 3:14
4. "Animal Showdown (Yes We Have No Bananas)" – 2:40 (Wakeman, Frank Silver, Irving Cohn)
5. "Big Ben" – 3:48

Side two

1. "Rhapsody in Blue" – 5:26 (George Gershwin; arranged by Tony Visconti)
2. "Wooly Willy Tango" – 3:24
3. "The Pulse" – 5:21
4. "Swan Lager" – 2:50 (music taken from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Grieg's pianoforte "Concerto in A Minor"; arranged and adapted by Rick Wakeman)

Side three

1. "March of the Gladiators" – 4:53
2. "Flacons de Neige" – 5:01
3. "The Flasher" – 5:32
4. "The Palais" – 2:23

Side four

1. "Stand-By" – 3:30
2. "Sea Horses" – 3:52
3. "Half Holiday" – 3:00
4. "Summertime" – 4:27 (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward; arranged by Rick Wakeman)
5. "Credits" - 2:39

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Norway (1979)	15
UK Albums Chart (1979)	25
United States Billboard 200 (1979)	170

Personnel

• Rick Wakeman - keyboards, likely vocals and vocoder on "Pedra da Gavea".
• Bruce Lynch - bass guitars
• Frank Gibson, Jr. - drums and percussion
• Nico Ramsden - electric guitar
• Tony Visconti - acoustic guitar, engineer

Technical

• David K. Richards - assistant engineer
• Michael Ross - album design
• Paul Wakefield - photography